Sword God in a World of Magic

The two of them waited for another two hours. During that time, it was mostly the Town Lord talking and Shang listening.

Shang wasn't the best contributor when it came to conversations.

Eventually, enough time passed that the two of them could leave without any suspicions.

The isolation barrier was deactivated, and the two of them left the room.

The two of them walked towards the entrance of the town, but they were also talking with the powerful people of the town.

Shang was officially the Town Lord now, and he had to introduce himself.

There were two other Archmages in the town, but they would both leave with the previous Town Lord.

This meant that Shang's town was only made up of High Mages and weaker.

In a way, it was just like a Kingdom in Area 23, but with one small difference.

The Zone Beasts weren't peaceful.

What would an Area 23 with aggressive Zone Beasts look like?

Bad.

Now, it was Shang's task to deal with any beast that couldn't be handled by his employees.

Even if an Ancestral Beast attacked.

Of course, Shang wasn't the first person in the world that owned a town while not being in the Ancestral Mage Realm. There had been predecessors, and they had found solutions.

"Sir," one of the Archmages that would leave soon contacted Shang. "Some of my friends are living here. I just want to know how you plan to defend the town from Ancestral Beasts?"

"He's been accepted by our Security Agency," the old Town Lord answered.

The Archmage was quite surprised. "Really? But you said they are very particular about their clients. So many people want to have a contract with them, but they only accept very few people."

"I know, right?" the old Town Lord answered with a smile. "I was also surprised when I contacted them. They just listened for a while, talked with him, and then accepted him."

The other Archmage sighed in relief. "That's good."

There were innumerable ways to make money in this world.

need, there was money

Archmages wanted to rule a town without being able to defend themselves from

the

Ancestral Mages that dealt

Beast

will arrive very swiftly and get

survive for a couple of minutes, which wasn't

power of the surveillance Magic Circle, one could find an Ancestral Beast while it couldn't feel

several

time for the Security Agency to

of the Security Agency, they might fail in dealing with an Ancestral Beast or arrive late.

good Security

also demand

Security Agency could bankrupt

Agency contracted to this town was extremely good while

double the beast's worth on top

resident Security Agency had never taken longer than 90 seconds to

That was insanely fast!

this Security Agency was just a hidden branch of the Temple of Blood, and they

was very much in their interests

it wasn't that demanding to protect these

town, for example, got attacked by an Ancestral Beast about three times per

to keep one

how much Shang's worth had already changed in the Temple of

the Temple of Blood hadn't

an entire town, and an Ancestral Mage

the important people, which all consisted of Peak High

the High Mages heard about Shang, they were

dealt with Ancestral Beasts, but

Lord take care of

don't have to worry," the old Town Lord said with a smile. "I personally tested

not everyone believed

with the Archbeasts, he would just activate the Isolation Barriers, and the Security

people, but the old Town Lord was very charismatic. Additionally,

the important people gathered in front of Shang and the

his position over to Shang, who accepted

still not convinced. After all, Shang wasn't a

non-Mage defend