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.

transformed from a lightning bolt into his

Communication Crystal. "Alright, we have three life-and-death duels. It's you three versus him,

Everyone nodded.

to give everyone a run-down

and the duel would take place in

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

it would, at most, take a couple of

scheduled for the same day, with the latter two having a

hand over

did just that. The policy to hand over the Space Rings immediately existed to make sure that the winner would

assets,"

buildings in several big cities

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

he also said that it wasn't his

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.

before

several

demands, each of you will be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to make sure that nothing happens before the

got split between

days," Lucin said

on the three Mage Lords standing

I don't enjoy killing, but that's something I have to live with if I want to become powerful. You can't reach

anything

harumphed and

felt that the three Mage Lords that were supposed to watch

watching him

Three Mage Lords.

pull anything with such a

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

get past three Peak