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,

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 in this branch in any

she had to overlook

focused on Trapper, who moved his body back by a

an Isolation Barrier or leave the branch for

Shang for a bit with confusion and

one of the training rooms

and the Keeper

specifically, Shang and

here," the Territory

Shang didn't answer.

want to talk with you about your future. I think we can make better use

kind of discussion with everyone that can fight with a Mage two levels above themselves. The important part

someone two levels above yourself means you can jump 1.5 levels. Being able

didn't say anything and just

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

I'm not a Mage," Shang interjected,

Lord nodded

non-Mage in 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.

more resources into you will most likely

Lantern so that you may gain inspiration on how to reach

actually work, and you also

to reach the Sixth Realm with an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't

even riskier. In fact, investing in you would be akin to throwing a bunch of Grade Seven Mana Crystals into the wilderness and hoping

"It's not realistic."

two Late Archmages in a very short period of

Shang heard that, he took

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

he had killed someone this

was on the same level as the Natural Selection Company, and they had four Mage

one of those

just killed a

Shang had the backing of the Temple of Blood, this

territory, the one on top of

and patrol his

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

the Territory Lord said. "You know that

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