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 things than just this

all, she had to

her eyes focused on Trapper,

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

looked at Shang for a bit with

before entering one of the training rooms

and the Keeper

specifically, Shang and

wasted here," the Territory Lord

Shang didn't answer.

talk with you about your future. I think we can make better use of your talents

kind of discussion with everyone that can fight with a Mage two

above yourself means you can jump 1.5 levels. Being able to win against someone like

didn't say anything and

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

not a Mage," Shang

Territory Lord

Blood will lose a mountain of resources. We are investing in

into you will most likely end in a net loss

you may gain inspiration 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

an incredible Battle-Strength, you can't guarantee that you will be able to

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

"It's not realistic."

in a very short period of time. Even more, one of them was the daughter of the Wildfern

heard that, he took a

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

hadn't expected that he had killed

Family was on the same level as the Natural Selection Company, and

Master was one

had just killed

though Shang had the backing of the Temple

territory, the one on top of the Wildfern Family's territory, would suffer severe

patrol his territory, killing every single member of the Temple of Blood he

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

the Territory Lord said. "You know that this situation is

the one that misjudged your power, and I