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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.

Trapper saw that,

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 in this branch in any

had to overlook dozens of

on Trapper,

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

Shang for a bit with

Trapper said before entering one of the training rooms and activating the

only Shang and the Keeper were

Shang and the Territory

are wasted here," the Territory

Shang didn't answer.

you about your future. I think

fight with a Mage two levels above themselves. The important part here is the word fight. Winning is

able to fight someone two levels above yourself means you can jump 1.5 levels. Being able to win against someone like this means you can jump 2

didn't say anything

a long time. Under normal circumstances, that would be more than enough for me to have this

a

Lord

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

even if you could jump 1.5 levels, investing more resources into you will

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

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

an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you will be able to

and investing in you would be even riskier. In fact, investing in you would be akin to throwing a bunch

"It's not realistic."

things are different now," the Territory Lord added. "You took care of two Late Archmages in a very short period of time. Even more, one of them was the daughter of the

he took a

he had already suspected that this might have

he had

Wildfern Family was on the same level as the Natural Selection Company, and they

Treasury Master was one

just killed a Mage

Shang had the backing of the Temple of Blood, this was still very

the one on top of the

might directly come out and patrol his territory, killing every single member of

might even decide to sacrifice Shang in hopes of appeasing

Lord said. "You know that this situation is

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