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 again and stopped

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

Everyone nodded.

nodded and started to give everyone a

first opponent, and the duel would take

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

would, at most, take a couple of

were scheduled for the

hand over your Space Rings," Lucin

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

your assets,"

buildings in several big cities and several

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

that it wasn't his anymore. Nevertheless,

haven't declared 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.

everything," Lucin said before activating his Communication Crystal

couple of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared behind

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

the twelve Mage Lords got split between

days," Lucin said with a nod before

focused on the three Mage Lords

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

anything and

only coldly harumphed and

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

three of them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves hidden so as not to distract

Three Mage Lords.

to pull anything

anyone else to transfer their wealth or to ask an assassin to take care

would need to get past three Peak Mage Lords from the