Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang didn't seem any different than usual, but deep inside, he felt like he had nearly died, which might actually have been true.

'I did it, somehow,' Shang thought without showing anything on the outside. 'Going on the offense had been the right call.'

Shang wanted to sigh so badly, but he couldn't show any uncertainty on the outside.

"So, what now?" Shang asked. "Do I just get resources now?"

"You're a special case," the Keeper said, still looking away from Shang.

"Usually, we would assign you to a very powerful Ancestral Mage to study under them, but you're not a Mage. Assigning you to any Mage might not only not help you but even restrict your growth."

"You're the highest authority when it comes to training as a warrior in the entire world. No one has the necessary knowledge to contradict what you think is best since your way has been proven to show the greatest results."

"Under normal circumstances, your teacher would evaluate your growth and request resources from us based on what they would think would be best for you."

"We can't do that with you."

"Of course, the Temple of Blood won't just give you free rein since you can't guarantee that you will reach a level of power that makes you valuable to us."

Shang didn't move.

"Because of that, we decided to make it a bit different for you."

"We're not going to blindly invest in you, but just pay you very, very well for your work. This will produce short-term results that will prove that you might become valuable in the future."

Usually, Shang would have already told the Keeper that she should get to the point. However, he decided against it.

Earlier, the Keeper had only been Shang's employer.

Now, they were deeply connected.

that,

potentially powerful Sixth Realm warrior but also

"Warriors," Shang said.

the Keeper

give you a great number of resources for every True Path Stage warrior you can produce.

this sounded very

want me to create an

it is up to you," the Keeper said. "We want True Path Stage

problems,"

the Keeper

can't show my face in public," Shang said. "The Natural Selection Company will connect

that fits the White Ghost persona and make them purposefully screw up a mission and get killed.

remained silent for a

That easy?

solved one of the

track record. People would expect

and organizations. If anyone investigates your background, they will find some small incriminating information. Just enough to make it seem like that's

Shang was quite surprised.

Temple of Blood solved two huge problems that Shang had in nearly no

the Lightning Manor?"

"Yes, they are searching for you, but you are essentially one of many thieves in a big city. Some of their people know about your aura and

the Lightning Manor's members only very rarely leave the Lightning

they will find me at some point, right?"

she said, "but at that point, they won't

Peak High Mage temporary employee? They can just send or contract a new one. When they find you, they would be far more troubled and interested that someone in the Twilight Dusk Family's

or maybe thousands of True Path Stage warriors in a century or two. Then, they hear about a group of warriors in the Fifth Realm in

Yet, the only thing they can do is watch. They can't just send one of their people to kill someone in

will happen then?" the

only think of two

they negotiate with the Twilight Dusk Family," Shang said. "And I think that the first possibility won't happen. Sure, they would be