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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.

that, his

Lord, nearly her entire mind was occupied with thinking about bigger things than just this branch. Because of that, she rarely reacted to anything happening in this

to overlook

later, her eyes focused on Trapper, who

and activate an Isolation Barrier or leave the

for a

one of the training

only Shang and the

more specifically, Shang

here," the Territory Lord

Shang didn't answer.

to talk with you about your future. I think

two levels above

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

didn't say anything and

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

a Mage," Shang interjected,

Territory Lord

circle since they are all too weak. Additionally, joining the inner circle means that the Temple of Blood will

resources into you will

you may gain inspiration on how to reach the next

inspiration, you can't guarantee that your plan will actually work, and you also can't guarantee that

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 same thing

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 be more of them the next time we

"It's not realistic."

Lord added. "You took care of two Late Archmages in a very short period of time. Even more, one

that, he took

he

Shang hadn't expected that he had

the same level as the Natural Selection Company, and they had

Treasury Master was one of those Mage

killed a Mage Lord's

Shang had the backing of the Temple

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

Treasury Master of the Wildfern Family might directly come out and patrol his territory, killing

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

not stupid," the Territory Lord said. "You know that this situation is

is not your fault. I was the one that misjudged your power,