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,

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 branch. Because of that, she

had to overlook dozens of

eyes focused on Trapper,

leave the branch for a bit.

at Shang for a bit with confusion

entering one of the training rooms and

only Shang and the Keeper were

more specifically, Shang and the

here,"

Shang didn't answer.

want to talk with you about your future. I think

with a Mage two levels above themselves. The important part here is

levels above yourself means you can jump 1.5 levels. Being able to win against someone like this

say anything

jump two levels for a long time. Under normal circumstances, that would be more than enough for me to

a

Territory Lord nodded

inner circle since they are all too weak. Additionally, joining the inner 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

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

you may gain inspiration on how to reach the next Realm. I know

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

Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you will be able to do the same thing

to throwing a bunch of Grade Seven Mana Crystals into the wilderness and hoping that there would be more of them

"It's not realistic."

two Late Archmages in a very short period of time. Even more, one

heard that, he

he had heard the target's name earlier, he had already suspected that this might have some

he had killed

on the same level as the Natural Selection

was one of

Shang had just killed a Mage

of the Temple of Blood,

that the Temple of Blood's neighboring territory, the one on

Wildfern Family might directly come out and patrol his territory, killing every single

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

Territory Lord said. "You know that

I was the one that misjudged your power, and I was the one