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.

saw that, his eyes

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

had to overlook dozens of

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

room and activate an Isolation Barrier or leave the branch for a bit. I will call you back," she

Shang for a bit with confusion

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

Shang and the Keeper were

specifically, Shang

here," the Territory

Shang didn't answer.

future. I think

everyone that can fight with a Mage two

you can jump 1.5 levels.

anything

Under normal circumstances, that would be more than enough for me to have this talk with

a Mage," Shang

Lord

our 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 become Mage Lords and

into you will

on how to reach the next Realm. I know

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

of a surefire way to reach the Sixth Realm with an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you

investing in you would be akin to throwing a

"It's not realistic."

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 Wildfern Family's Treasury

heard that, he took a deep

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

Shang hadn't expected that he had killed someone this

on the same level as the Natural Selection Company,

Treasury Master was one

had just killed a

backing of the Temple

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

come out and patrol his territory, killing every single member of the Temple of Blood

of desperation, the Temple of Blood might even decide to sacrifice

the Territory Lord said. "You know that this situation

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