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.

transformed from a lightning bolt into his human form again and

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

Everyone nodded.

everyone a run-down on how things were going to

with Erel first, he would be his first opponent, and the duel would take

would be held after Shang had recovered

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

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

please hand over your Space

Rings immediately existed to make sure that the winner

assets,"

in several big

they invested a lot of it. Like that, they would gain even more

Bastion, but he also said that it wasn't his

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.

everything," Lucin said before activating his Communication

several Mage

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

the twelve Mage Lords got split between

you in five days," Lucin said with a nod

three Mage Lords standing behind him for a

voice. "Go get your affairs in order. I don't enjoy killing, but that's something I have to live with if I want

say anything and

harumphed and also

he felt that the three Mage Lords that were supposed to watch

the three of them were still watching him closely. They probably just

Three Mage Lords.

would be nearly impossible to pull

contact anyone else to transfer their wealth or to ask an assassin to take

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