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.

into his human form again and stopped

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

Everyone nodded.

also nodded and started to give everyone a run-down on how things were going to

first opponent, and the duel would take place in five days in the big arena near

other two duels would be held after Shang had recovered

at most, take a couple of hours for

for the same day, with the latter two having a

hand over

to

assets," Lucin

three Mages named several buildings in several big cities and several

and to get even more money, they invested a

had nothing to declare. He named Icy Bastion, but he also said that

you own something you haven't declared within the next five days, you will be executed before

No one said anything.

everything," Lucin said before activating his

a couple of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared

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

twelve Mage Lords got split between

you in five days," Lucin said with a

the three Mage Lords standing behind him for

affairs in order. I don't enjoy killing, but that's something I have to live with if I

anything

harumphed

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

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

Three Mage Lords.

be nearly impossible to pull anything with such a

able to contact anyone else to transfer their wealth or to ask an

to get past three Peak Mage Lords from the Lightning