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

he took out his Communication Crystal. "Alright, we have three

Everyone nodded.

a run-down on how things

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

had recovered

most, take a couple of hours for him to

of that, all three duels were scheduled for the

hand over your Space

the Space Rings immediately existed to make sure that the winner

your assets," Lucin

in several

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

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

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,"

No one said anything.

Lucin said before

a couple of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared

followed by three Mage Lords

Mage Lords got split between the

you in five days," Lucin said with a nod

on the three Mage Lords standing behind him for a

last days," Erel said with a cold 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 can't reach supreme power without

say anything

harumphed and

left, he felt that the three Mage

them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves hidden so as not

Three Mage Lords.

be nearly impossible to pull anything with such

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

get past three Peak Mage Lords from the