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.

bolt into his human form again and

he took out his Communication Crystal. "Alright, we have three life-and-death duels. It's you three versus him, right?"

Everyone nodded.

everyone a run-down on

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

would be held after Shang had recovered from his earlier duel, assuming

take a couple of hours for him to

were scheduled for the same day, with the latter

hand over your Space

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

your assets,"

Mages named several buildings in several big

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

had nothing to declare. He named Icy Bastion, but he also said that it

next five days, you will be executed before that moment. So, if you

No one said anything.

said before activating his Communication Crystal

of seconds, several

you will be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to make sure that nothing happens

twelve Mage Lords got split

days," Lucin

focused on the three Mage Lords standing behind him for a

a cold voice. "Go get your affairs in order. I don't enjoy killing, but that's something

say anything and

harumphed and also

left, he felt that the three Mage Lords that were supposed

still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves

Three Mage Lords.

impossible to pull anything with

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

an eventual assassin would need to get past three