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, his eyes

thinking about bigger things than just this branch.

had to overlook dozens

eyes focused on Trapper, who moved

Isolation Barrier or leave the branch for a

for a bit

Trapper said before entering one of the

and

specifically, Shang and the

are wasted here,"

Shang didn't answer.

future. I think

can fight with a Mage two levels above themselves. The important part

can jump 1.5 levels. Being

say anything and

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

a Mage,"

Lord nodded

Additionally, joining the inner circle means that the Temple of Blood will

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

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

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

even if you knew of 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

"It's not realistic."

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

he took a

name earlier, he had already

Shang hadn't expected that he had killed someone

the Natural Selection Company, and they

was one of those Mage

just killed a Mage Lord's

the Temple

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

Master of the Wildfern Family might directly come out and patrol his territory, killing every single member of the Temple of Blood he could

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

the Territory Lord said. "You

that misjudged your power, and I was the one that sent you on