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.

into his human

have three life-and-death duels. It's you three versus him, right?"

Everyone nodded.

also nodded and started to give everyone a run-down on

first, he would be his first opponent, and the duel would take place in five days in the big arena near the

after Shang had recovered

would, at most, take a couple of hours

scheduled for the same

please hand over your Space Rings,"

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

your assets," Lucin

Mages named several buildings in several big cities and

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

also said that it wasn't his anymore.

the next five days, you will be executed before

No one said anything.

everything," Lucin said before activating his Communication

couple of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared behind

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

Lords got split

you in five days," Lucin said with

three Mage Lords standing behind him

said with a cold voice. "Go get your affairs in order. I don't enjoy killing, but

say anything and flew

only coldly harumphed

three Mage Lords that were supposed to watch

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

Three Mage Lords.

pull anything

to transfer their wealth or to ask an assassin to take care

to get past three Peak Mage Lords from the