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,

moved 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

she had to overlook dozens of

later, her eyes focused on Trapper, who moved his body back by a

Isolation Barrier or leave the branch for a bit.

looked at Shang for a bit with confusion and

of the training rooms and activating the

and

Shang and the

are wasted here," the

Shang didn't answer.

your future. I think we can make

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

1.5 levels. Being able to win against someone like this

anything

could jump two levels for a long time. Under normal circumstances, that

not a Mage," Shang interjected,

Territory Lord nodded

the inner circle means that the Temple of Blood will lose a mountain of resources. We are investing

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

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

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

Realm with an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you

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

"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 of them was the daughter of the

he took a deep

target's name earlier, he had already suspected that this might

expected that he had

the Natural Selection Company, and they had four Mage

was one of

Shang had just killed a

backing of the Temple of Blood, this

was possible that the Temple of Blood's neighboring territory, the one on top of the Wildfern Family's

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

Blood might even

not stupid," the Territory Lord said.

fault. I was the one that misjudged your