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

Communication Crystal. "Alright, we have three life-and-death

Everyone nodded.

give everyone a run-down on

he would be his first opponent, and the duel would take place in five days in the big arena near the south

after Shang had recovered from his earlier duel, assuming he

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

that, all three duels were scheduled for the same day, with the latter two having a

over your Space Rings," Lucin

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

your assets,"

three Mages named several buildings in several big cities

money, and to get even more money, they invested a lot of it.

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

declared within the next five days, you will be executed

No one said anything.

everything," Lucin said before activating

couple of seconds, several

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

Lords got split between

in five days," Lucin said

focused on the three Mage Lords standing behind him

a cold voice. "Go get your affairs in order. I don't enjoy killing, but that's something I have to

didn't say anything and flew

only coldly harumphed and also

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

course, Shang was quite certain that the three of them were still watching him closely.

Three Mage Lords.

be nearly impossible to pull anything with such a powerful

anyone else to transfer their wealth or to

eventual assassin would need to get past three Peak Mage Lords from