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

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

Everyone nodded.

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

and the

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

at most, take a couple of hours for him to

for the same

over your Space

immediately existed to make sure that

assets," Lucin

Mages named several buildings in

received a lot of 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

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

No one said anything.

that's everything," Lucin said before activating his

of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared

three Mage Lords

got

in five days," Lucin said with a nod

the three Mage Lords standing behind him for

"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

didn't say anything and flew

harumphed and

left, he felt that the three Mage Lords that were supposed

was quite certain that the three of them were still watching him closely. They probably just

Three Mage Lords.

nearly impossible to pull

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

to get past