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.

from a lightning bolt into his human form

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

Everyone nodded.

to give everyone a

Shang had accepted the duel with Erel first, he would be his first opponent, and the duel would take place in five days in

after Shang had recovered from his earlier duel,

told them that it would, at most, take a couple of hours for him

all three duels were scheduled for the same day, with the

hand over your Space Rings,"

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

assets,"

several buildings in several big cities and

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

Icy Bastion, but he also said that it wasn't his anymore. Nevertheless,

you own something you 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.

Lucin said before activating his

a couple of seconds, several Mage

be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to make sure that nothing happens before the

the twelve Mage Lords got split between the four

in five days," Lucin said

Lords standing behind

but that's something I have to live with if I want to become powerful. You can't reach

didn't say anything

only coldly harumphed and also

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

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

Three Mage Lords.

impossible to pull

to transfer their wealth or to ask an assassin

an eventual assassin would need to get