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, Shang

but also a potentially new division for the Temple of

"Warriors," Shang said.

the Keeper

of resources for every True Path Stage warrior you can produce. Additionally, the rewards exponentially increase the higher the warrior's

this sounded very familiar

create an academy?" Shang

is up to you," the Keeper said. "We want True Path Stage warriors. You get

several problems," Shang

the

in public," Shang said. "The Natural Selection Company will connect me

fits the White Ghost persona and make them purposefully

silent for

That easy?

one

expect to have heard of such a

our Agents in several different cities will change the records of some families and organizations. If anyone investigates your background, they will find some small incriminating information. Just enough to make it seem like that's what you were trying to hide, but not enough to

Shang was quite surprised.

huge problems that Shang had in nearly

Lightning Manor?"

big city. Some of their people know about your aura and your characteristics, but

the Lightning Manor's members

they will find me at some point, right?"

you perform well enough, yes," she said, "but at that point, they won't care

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 territory is using

century or two. Then, they hear about a group of warriors in the Fifth Realm

even in the least about your previous crime. Yet, the only thing they can do is watch. They can't just send one of their people

do you think will happen

could only think of two

Dusk Family," Shang said. "And I think that the first possibility won't happen. Sure, they would be angry that other Emperors now also have warriors, but to