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

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

Everyone nodded.

started to give everyone a run-down on how things were

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

had recovered from

take

scheduled for the same day, with the latter two having a fluid

hand over your Space Rings,"

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

assets," Lucin

in several big cities and

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

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

five days, you will be executed before that moment. So, if you still haven't declared something, now's your chance," Lucin

No one said anything.

that's everything," Lucin said before activating

of seconds, several Mage

demands, each of you will be watched and followed by three Mage Lords to make sure that nothing happens

got

Lucin said with a nod

three Mage Lords standing behind him

days," Erel said with 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 reach

anything and flew

harumphed and

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

quite certain that the three of them were still watching him closely. They probably

Three Mage Lords.

pull anything with such a powerful

to transfer their wealth or to ask an

assassin would need to get past three