Sword God in a World of Magic

Lucin kept explaining a couple of things to Shang regarding the Contender Department as they continued traveling for a couple more minutes.

Eventually, Lucin transformed back into a human and stopped in a seemingly random location.

Shang had taken note of their journey, and he guessed that the two of them were currently near the northern edge of the Lightning Manor's territory, which would also be the northern edge of the continent Aterium.

It had become quite cold by now, and Shang couldn't feel a lot of Light Mana in the surroundings.

He could see dense clouds but compared to the Lightning Sea, there was not much lightning here. The clouds Shang could see were the typical clouds of winter, grey and ever-present.

As for the ground, everything had been covered in a thick sheet of ice and snow.

"Alright, we're here," Lucin said. "Starting from this point, everything here's reserved for the Clouds. The 100,000 kilometers from here to the edge of Aterium is all for the Clouds. This territory is off-limits for Sparks and Boltlings since the existence of the Clouds is kept secret."

"A good number of Bolts know about the Clouds, but they are discouraged from talking about them. Additionally, even the Bolts don't know exactly what a Cloud is and what is required to become one."

"I would also ask you to keep the existence of the Clouds secret, but I don't think that will be a problem for you. You don't seem like a very sociable person."

Shang didn't answer.

"And that's about it," Lucin said. "I told you everything you need to know on the way here. If you need anything, just contact me with your new Communication Crystal."

A moment later, Lucin threw over a new Communication Crystal with an image of a lightning bolt on it.

Shang remained silent for a second.

"That's it?" he asked.

"Yeah," Lucin said. "What more is there to tell?"

"What about an SKP?" Shang asked.

When Lucin heard that, he laughed loudly. "That won't be necessary. SKPs can make problems for your comprehension, which is why Clouds don't need to get an SKP."

"That sounds reckless," Shang commented. "What if someone escapes to another Empire?"

answered with a proud smirk. "We have our ways of making

Shang remained silent.

keep to the rules I told you, there won't be

your new Communication Crystal also has all the training credits. If you need anything, just go to the shop on the grounds. Remember, you only get

the shop, I'm sure you'll find it eventually. You can't really miss it since it can't miss

go! Have

bolt again and shot toward

kept hovering in the

he was alone

a while, Shang slowly flew toward the

need to see if there

focus was on comprehending Void Casting since he was

Chamber, comprehending Void Casting would have been nearly impossible in Shang's remaining years. Yes,

that

toward the north, he saw a

had released their domains, but

these Ancestral Beasts were probably half-domesticated like the Zone Beasts from Area 23. Their job was probably to release their domain and to give some

around five people already, but

two groups, and they were looking at

see High Mages sitting so close to an Ancestral Beast

they were also Clouds, but in the High Mage Realm instead of the Archmage Realm. All five of them had these unique and bright auras to them. It was almost

was a strange sensation, and if one didn't actively look for these auras,

Shang could tell that these High Mages were

over 110 Clouds, but he had only talked

how many High Mage Clouds there were, but

for Ancestral Mage Clouds, there were probably way

Mages lived for 5,000 years, one would think that there would be more Ancestral Mage

looking at these five High Mage

had been young, but that wasn't reflective of their

the decay of old age coming from their auras. He was very familiar with this sensation since the decay of old

one of the biggest reasons why there

Keeping one's Battle-Strength.

become a High Mage Cloud when one managed to comprehend at least four level one Concepts while one was a