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.

of that,

warrior but also a potentially

"Warriors," Shang said.

the

True Path Stage

this sounded very familiar

create an academy?"

want True Path Stage warriors. You get money. We don't care how you

problems," Shang

the Keeper

show my face in public," Shang said. "The Natural Selection

We are going to send someone that fits the White Ghost persona and make them purposefully screw up a mission

silent for a

That easy?

one of the

background and no track record. People would expect to have heard of

"Additionally, 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

Shang was quite surprised.

Blood solved two huge problems that Shang had in nearly

the Lightning

you are essentially one of many thieves in a big city. Some of their

the Lightning Manor's territory anymore, and the Lightning Manor's members only very rarely leave

find me at some point, right?"

"but at that point, they

or contract a new one. When they find you, they would be far more troubled and

they hear about a group of warriors in the Fifth Realm in a neighboring territory. They investigate, and they find out that one of their warriors is

care even in the least about your previous crime. Yet, the only thing they can do is watch. They can't

will happen then?"

could only think of

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