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

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

Everyone nodded.

a run-down on how things were going to

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 managed

it would, at most, take a

were scheduled for the same day, with the latter two

then, please hand over your

Rings immediately existed to make sure that the winner would truly get

your assets," Lucin

named several buildings in several big

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

he also said that it wasn't his anymore. Nevertheless, Shang tried to be

the next five days, you will be executed before that moment. So, if you still

No one said anything.

Lucin said before activating his

a couple of seconds, several

demands, each of you will be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to make sure that nothing happens before the

Mage Lords got split between the

you in five days," Lucin said with a

Mage Lords standing behind

order. I don't enjoy killing, but that's something I have to live with if I want to become powerful.

anything and flew

only coldly harumphed and

that the 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.

nearly impossible to pull anything with such

be able to contact anyone else to transfer their

would need to get