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 form again and stopped beside

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

Everyone nodded.

a run-down on how things were going

had accepted the duel with Erel first, he would be his first opponent, and the duel would take place in five days in the big arena near the south

duels would be held after Shang had recovered from his earlier duel, assuming he

at most, take a couple

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

over your Space Rings,"

The policy to hand over the Space Rings immediately existed to make sure

your assets,"

several buildings in several big cities

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

had nothing to declare. He named Icy Bastion, but he also said that it wasn't

will be executed before that moment. So,

No one said anything.

Lucin said before activating his Communication Crystal

couple of seconds, several Mage

by three Mage Lords to make sure that nothing happens before the duels start," Lucin

Mage Lords got

you in five days," Lucin said with a nod

focused on the three Mage Lords standing behind

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 power without some

say anything

harumphed and also

three Mage Lords that were supposed to watch him

the three of them were still watching him closely. They

Three Mage Lords.

pull anything with such

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

would need to get past three Peak Mage Lords from the