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.

from a lightning bolt into his human form again and stopped beside

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

Everyone nodded.

to give everyone a run-down on how

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

Shang had recovered from his earlier duel, assuming he managed

told them that it would, at most, take a couple of hours for him to

three duels were scheduled for the same day, with

hand over

immediately existed to make sure that the winner would

assets,"

named several buildings in

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

said that it

haven't declared within the next five days, you will be executed before that moment. So, if you still haven't declared something,

No one said anything.

Lucin said before activating his

several Mage Lords appeared

three Mage Lords to make sure that nothing happens before the duels

got

days," Lucin said with

Mage Lords standing behind him for a

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

say anything and flew

coldly harumphed and also

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

Shang was quite certain that the three of them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves hidden so

Three Mage Lords.

be nearly impossible to pull anything with

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

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