Sword God in a World of Magic

The three of them looked with shock at Shang for quite some time.

Earlier, Shang had seemed a bit uncertain. He had acted like a new member of the Hibye that wasn't sure what he should do.

But now, there was no more uncertainty.

His Aura was stable and cold, with no anxiety or nervousness.

And then, Cindy broke out into laughter.

The other two looked at her with a bit of confusion.

Shang didn't react.

"You're a funny guy, Shang," Cindy said. She had heard of Shang's name when the Communication Crystal had told her that her duel had been accepted. "You acted all nervous in order to bait us into fighting you."

Cindy snorted. "But that doesn't change anything. Power is power, and we are Mages while you are a warrior."

"What's the point of accepting all our duels when you are going to die to Erel anyway?"

The two others calmed down as well and looked at Shang with a mix of pity and disdain.

"Where do we fight?" Shang asked again.

"We have to wait for Lucin," Rowan said with a calm tone. "He has to officiate everything."

Shang only nodded.

Then, everyone waited.

The three of them were talking like nothing out of the ordinary had happened, while Shang only waited in silence.

A couple of minutes later, Lucin finally appeared.

lightning bolt into his human form again and

Crystal. "Alright, we have three life-and-death

Everyone nodded.

started to give everyone a run-down on how things were going to play

opponent, and the duel would take place in five days in the

duels would be held after Shang had recovered from

at most, take a couple of hours for him

scheduled for the

please hand over your Space Rings,"

Rings immediately existed to make

assets,"

Mages named several buildings in several big cities

get even more money, they invested a lot of it. Like

but he also said that it wasn't his anymore.

declared within the next five days, you will be

No one said anything.

Lucin said before activating his

seconds, several Mage

of you will be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to make

Lords got split between the four

in five days," Lucin said with a nod

on the three Mage Lords standing behind him

voice. "Go get your affairs in order. I don't enjoy killing, but that's something I have to live with if I want to become powerful. You

anything and flew

only coldly harumphed and

the three Mage Lords that were

were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves

Three Mage Lords.

nearly impossible to pull anything with such a

opponents would be able to contact anyone else to transfer their wealth or to ask

would need to get past three Peak Mage Lords from the Lightning