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.

lightning bolt into his human form

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

Everyone nodded.

everyone a run-down on

first opponent, and the duel would take place in five days in the big arena

after Shang had recovered from his

at most, take a couple of hours

that, all three duels were scheduled for the same

then, please hand over

immediately existed to make sure that the winner would

assets,"

several buildings in several big cities

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

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

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.

Lucin said before

couple of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared behind

demands, each of you will be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to make sure

twelve Mage Lords got split

days," Lucin

the three Mage Lords standing behind him for a

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

anything

only coldly harumphed

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

quite certain that the three of them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves hidden so

Three Mage Lords.

be nearly impossible to pull anything with such a powerful

Shang's three opponents would be able to contact anyone else to transfer their wealth or to ask

an eventual assassin would need to get past