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.

a lightning bolt into his human form again and stopped

Crystal. "Alright, we have three

Everyone nodded.

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

accepted the duel with Erel first, he would be his first opponent, and the duel would take place in five days in the big arena

duels would be held after Shang had recovered

it would, at most, take

the same day, with the

over your Space Rings,"

just that. The policy to hand over the Space Rings immediately existed to make sure that the winner would truly get all the wealth from

your assets," Lucin

Mages named several buildings in several big cities

of money, and to get even more money, they invested a lot of it. Like that, they would gain even more resources

He named Icy Bastion, but he also said that it wasn't his anymore. Nevertheless, Shang tried to

we find out that you own something you haven't declared within the next five days, you will be executed before that moment. So, if you still haven't declared something, now's your chance," Lucin

No one said anything.

said before

a couple of seconds, several Mage

will be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to

twelve Mage Lords got

you in five days," Lucin said with a nod

on the three Mage Lords standing

don't enjoy killing, but that's something I have to live

didn't say anything and flew

harumphed and also

Mage Lords that

Shang was quite certain that the three of them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves hidden so as not to

Three Mage Lords.

be nearly impossible to pull anything with

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

an eventual assassin would need to get past three Peak Mage Lords from