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.

that,

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 rarely reacted to anything happening

she had to overlook

on Trapper, who moved his body back

a training room and activate an Isolation Barrier or leave the

looked at Shang for a

thing," Trapper said before entering one of the

only Shang and the

more specifically, Shang and the Territory

are wasted here,"

Shang didn't answer.

think we can make better use of your talents someplace

that can fight with a Mage two levels

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

didn't say anything

circumstances, that would

not a Mage,"

Lord

weak. Additionally, joining the inner circle means that the Temple of Blood will lose a mountain of resources.

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

that you may gain inspiration on how to reach the next

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

Realm with an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you will be able to do the same thing with the Seventh

throwing a bunch of Grade Seven Mana Crystals into the wilderness and hoping that there

"It's not realistic."

now," the Territory Lord added. "You took care of two Late Archmages in a very short period of time.

he

heard the target's name earlier, he had already suspected

hadn't expected that he had killed someone this

the same level as the

was one of those

killed a Mage

had the backing of the Temple

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

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

of Blood might even decide to sacrifice Shang in hopes of appeasing

said. "You know that this

know that it is not your fault. I was the one that misjudged your power, and I was the one that sent you