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 human form again and

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

Everyone nodded.

a run-down on how things were going

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

duels would be held after Shang had

at most, take a couple of hours for him

duels were scheduled for the

please hand over your Space Rings,"

policy to hand over the Space Rings immediately existed to

your assets,"

named several buildings in

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

had nothing to declare. He named Icy Bastion, but he also said that it wasn't his anymore. Nevertheless, Shang tried to be as honest as

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

No one said anything.

that's everything," Lucin said before activating

seconds, several

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

the twelve Mage Lords got split between the four

you in five days," Lucin said

three Mage Lords standing behind him for 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 some

didn't say anything

coldly harumphed and also

left, he felt that the three Mage Lords that were supposed to watch him

of them were still watching him

Three Mage Lords.

to pull anything with such a powerful

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

more, an eventual assassin would need to get