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

from 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

to overlook dozens of

on Trapper, who moved his body back by a

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

at Shang for a bit with confusion

thing," Trapper said before entering one of the

Shang and the

more specifically, Shang

wasted here,"

Shang didn't answer.

your future. I think we can make better

everyone that can fight with a Mage two levels above

jump 1.5 levels. Being able

say anything and

circumstances, that would be more than enough for me to have this

I'm not a Mage,"

Territory Lord nodded

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

could jump 1.5 levels, investing more resources into you

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

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

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

would be akin to throwing a bunch of Grade Seven Mana Crystals into the wilderness and hoping that

"It's not realistic."

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

Shang heard that, he

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

he had

the same level as the Natural

Master was one of those Mage

had just killed

of the Temple of Blood, this was still very dangerous

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

come out and patrol his territory, killing

might even decide to sacrifice Shang in hopes of appeasing the Treasury

Territory Lord said.

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