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

took out his Communication Crystal. "Alright, we have three life-and-death duels. It's

Everyone nodded.

to give everyone a run-down on how things

and the duel would take place in

held after Shang had recovered from his earlier

most, take a couple of hours for

for the same day, with the latter

please hand over your

to make sure that the winner would truly get all the wealth

your assets,"

three Mages named several buildings in several big cities and several

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

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

you will be

No one said anything.

Lucin said before activating his Communication Crystal

couple of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared behind

of you will be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to

got

Lucin said

the three Mage Lords standing behind

your 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

say anything and

coldly harumphed

left, he felt that the three Mage

of them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves

Three Mage Lords.

would be nearly impossible to pull anything with such

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

assassin would need to get past