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

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

Everyone nodded.

give everyone a run-down

his first opponent, and the duel would take place in five days

would be held after Shang had recovered

them that it would, at most, take a

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

then, please hand over your

existed to make sure that the winner would truly get all the

assets,"

in several

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

also said that it wasn't his

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

No one said anything.

that's everything," Lucin said before activating

a couple of seconds, several Mage

Mage Lords to make sure that nothing happens before the duels start," Lucin

the twelve Mage Lords got split

in five days," Lucin

on the three Mage Lords

last 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

didn't say anything and

only coldly harumphed and also

that the three Mage Lords that were supposed to watch

Shang was quite certain that the three of them were still watching him closely. They probably just kept themselves hidden so as not to

Three Mage Lords.

would be nearly impossible to pull anything with such a

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

assassin would need to get past three Peak