Sword God in a World of Magic

It wasn't completely as Shang expected, but it had been one of the options.

A Thunder.

Someone that controlled 10% of one Department.

Someone that directly worked beneath a Mage King.

Shang knew that he couldn't possibly ask to meet a Mage King, which meant that a Thunder was his next best option.

"Is that enough for you?" Lucin asked with a slight chuckle.

Shang remained silent for a while.

Based on Lucin's Aura, Shang believed that Lucin truly was a Thunder.

Shang had seen a couple of people working for an Empire before, and none of them had even come close to the grandness of Lucin's Aura.

A Thunder was probably the very person that people on Shang's level were raised to be since there could only be one true King Contender.

"You are planning on accepting me into the Lightning Manor, correct?" Shang asked.

"Of course," Lucin said with a chuckle.

"Then, there's no reason to kill me, correct?" Shang asked.

"As long as you don't actively go against the Lightning Manor, no," Lucin confirmed. "You're quite paranoid. You must really think that your secret is extremely important," he added with some humor.

Shang took a deep breath.

It was difficult to make Shang nervous, but not impossible.

At the moment, Shang was readying himself to do something he hated.

He was about to put his trust in someone more powerful than him.

Shang wanted to get the best kind of nurturing possible from the Lightning Manor, and for that, he needed to unveil a lot of his secrets, especially the true extent of his power.

If he kept all of that secret, Shang would most likely get fewer resources than everyone else, just based on the fact that he was a warrior and not a Mage.

From what Shang had guessed, the Lightning Manor was probably only putting Shang into this Department for show.

He was more of an oddity to them.

They probably didn't expect Shang to ever reach the power of a Thunder in the future.

They would give him more resources than a Boltling, which was why they were putting Shang into Lucin's Unit, but they probably wouldn't grant him the full benefits that someone from Lucin's Unit would receive.

That was why Shang was essentially forced to hand his life over again.

a limited number of Mage Kings can exist at a time," Shang

How did you come

Kings live for 100,000 years, and there are about a hundred of them. Every thousand years, a tournament is being held amongst all the Empires to decide on who gets to become the

people taking part in this tournament are called

Silence.

time, Lucin didn't immediately

told you?" Lucin asked. His voice still sounded polite, but there was also something serious and sinister

me the Star Map,"

silent for a

else knows?"

told no

"No one?" Lucin repeated.

"Yes."

one stronger than

"No one."

weaker

"No one."

anyone that

"I told no one."

Silence.

More silence.

asked. "That's why

Silence.

to hold an internal investigation," Lucin said with a sigh. "Stuff like that

think it was anyone from the

you certain?" Lucin

would

Silence.

said. "I'm going to inform my superior. Such a leak isn't something minor. You

felt Lucin's Spirit Sense intensify. It was like Lucin was paying far more attention to Shang than before. "Such a secret doesn't feel like something you would

know about this special thing, but that special thing won't increase your power or sway within the Lightning Manor. There is no gain with a lot of

that you want to tell

told you this secret so that you take me seriously. Additionally, the following things I say will put me under a lot of scrutiny, and if I kept

to go all-in

Silence.

after a while, "after knowing about something as sensitive as the King Contenders, you are basically

yourself won't change

Shang nodded.

he took

do you know about the True Path Stage and Impose Stage?" he

tell her more, but in hindsight, that was the smart choice," Lucin said. "She asked me about what you said about the world, but she didn't take you very seriously. I just told her the same

again. "A strong Path is the equivalent of a level one Concept. A True Path Stage warrior with a solid Path can fight a

right," Lucin said. "Mistra said something very

Stage, I

you're in my unit. The requirement to get into my unit is to have