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

out his Communication Crystal. "Alright, we have three life-and-death

Everyone nodded.

give everyone a

opponent, and the duel would take place

after Shang had recovered from his

them that it would, at most, take a couple of hours

that, all three duels were scheduled for the same day, with the

hand over your Space Rings," Lucin

immediately existed to make sure that the winner would

your assets," Lucin

Mages named several buildings in several big

they invested a lot of it. Like

said that it wasn't his

days, you will be executed before that moment. So, if you still haven't declared something, now's your chance," Lucin

No one said anything.

everything," Lucin said before activating

couple of seconds, several Mage

followed by three Mage Lords to make sure that

twelve Mage Lords got split between

five days," Lucin said with a nod before

on the three Mage Lords

killing, but that's something I have to live with if I want to become powerful.

didn't say anything and

harumphed and also

felt that the three Mage Lords that were supposed to watch him

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

Three Mage Lords.

would be nearly impossible to pull anything with such

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

eventual assassin would need to get past three Peak Mage