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.

bolt into his human form again and stopped

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

Everyone nodded.

nodded and started to give everyone a

first opponent, and the

had recovered from his

at most, take a

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

hand over your Space Rings," Lucin

existed to make sure that

your assets,"

several buildings in several big cities

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

to declare. He named Icy Bastion, but he also said that it wasn't his anymore. Nevertheless, Shang tried to

within the next five days, you will be executed before that moment. So, if you still haven't declared

No one said anything.

that's everything," Lucin said before activating his Communication

of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared

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

got split between

Lucin

Mage Lords standing behind him

last days," Erel said with a cold voice. "Go get your affairs in order. I don't enjoy killing, but

anything

coldly harumphed

Mage Lords that were supposed

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

Three Mage Lords.

to pull anything with such

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

need to get past three Peak