Sword God in a World of Magic

After dealing with both corpses, Shang flew back to the branch.

He got past the roots of the Yellow Sunbreaker and entered.

Trapper still sat in the middle of the branch, and when he saw White Ghost return without Ice Princess, he knew what that meant.

He felt a complex mix of emotions.

He was frustrated that he hadn't been the one to "dominate", "conquer", and "ruin" Ice Princess.

He was angry that Shang made it forever impossible for Trapper to realize this dream of his.

He felt glad that the arrogant bitch Ice Princess finally got what was coming to her.

But more than anything, he felt shocked about White Ghost's power.

White Ghost could kill Ice Princess on his own?

But then, he realized something.

It probably wasn't White Ghost that had killed her!

White Ghost had probably only watched her while a Sweeper took care of everything.

However, Trapper still became much more careful in front of Shang.

This was now the second time when someone from their branch had died after going on a mission with White Ghost.

By now, Trapper was sure that White Ghost was the Keeper's most-trusted Named Agent.

From now on, Trapper would make sure that he never showed even the slightest inkling of betrayal in front of White Ghost.

Shang stepped past Trapper without paying him any heed.

Then, he stopped in front of the Keeper.

"I completed the mission," Shang said. "Since Ice Princess is dead, I should get the entire reward."

The Keeper didn't immediately react.

After some seconds, she turned around, but instead of only turning her head a bit, her entire body actually turned to face Shang.

Trapper saw that,

very rarely moved from her position. Since she was the Territory Lord, nearly her entire mind was occupied with thinking about bigger things than just this

all, she had to

later, her eyes focused on Trapper, who moved his body back

and activate an Isolation Barrier or leave the branch for a bit. I will

looked at Shang for a bit with confusion and

one of the training

Shang and the Keeper

more specifically, Shang and the

wasted here," the Territory Lord

Shang didn't answer.

talk with you about your future. I think we can make better use of your

I lead this kind of discussion with everyone that can fight with a Mage two levels above themselves. The important part here is the word

two levels above yourself means you can jump 1.5 levels. Being able to

didn't say anything

two levels for a long time. Under normal circumstances, that would be

a Mage," Shang interjected,

Territory Lord

circle means that the Temple of Blood will lose a mountain of resources. We are investing in new people in the hope that they will one day become Mage Lords and lead the Temple

could jump 1.5 levels, investing more resources into you will most likely end in a net loss

Sky Lantern so that you may gain inspiration on how to reach the next Realm. I know that all too

plan will actually work, and you also can't guarantee that your Battle-Strength won't suddenly fall

even if you knew of a surefire way to reach the Sixth Realm with an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you will be able to do the

in powerful Mages is already risky, and investing in you would be even riskier. In fact, investing in you would be akin to throwing a bunch of Grade Seven Mana Crystals into the wilderness and hoping that there would

"It's not realistic."

care of two Late Archmages in a very short period of time. Even

Shang heard that, he took a deep

target's name earlier, he had already suspected that

hadn't expected that he

as the Natural Selection Company, and

was one of those

Shang had just killed a

the Temple of Blood,

was possible that the Temple of Blood's neighboring territory, the one on top of the Wildfern Family's territory, would suffer

patrol his territory, killing every single member of the Temple of Blood he could

an act of desperation, the Temple of Blood might even decide to sacrifice Shang in

the Territory Lord said. "You know that this

one that misjudged your power, and I was the one that sent you on the