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 beside

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

Everyone nodded.

to give everyone a run-down on how things were

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

held after Shang had recovered

that it would, at most, take

all three duels were scheduled for the same day,

then, please hand over

to make sure that the winner would truly get all the wealth from their

your assets," Lucin

in several big cities

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

Icy Bastion, but he also said that it

the next five days, you will be executed before that moment. So, if

No one said anything.

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

couple of seconds, several Mage Lords appeared

three Mage Lords to make sure

Lords got split between

you in five days," Lucin said with a

Mage Lords standing behind

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

say anything

harumphed and

the three Mage Lords

them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves hidden so as not

Three Mage Lords.

be nearly impossible to pull

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

would need to get past three Peak Mage Lords from