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

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 run-down on how things were going to play

and the duel would take place in five days in the big

would be held after Shang had recovered from his earlier duel,

would, at most, take a

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

please hand over your Space Rings,"

to hand over the Space Rings immediately existed to

assets,"

Mages named several buildings in several big cities and

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

declare. He named Icy Bastion, but he also said that it

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

No one said anything.

Lucin said before activating his Communication Crystal

seconds, several Mage Lords appeared behind

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

twelve Mage Lords got split

days," Lucin said with a

focused on the three Mage Lords

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

say anything

only coldly harumphed

left, he felt that the three Mage Lords

them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept

Three Mage Lords.

nearly impossible to pull anything with such a powerful

opponents would be able to contact anyone else to transfer their wealth or to ask an assassin to

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