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?"

ways of making sure that no one

Shang remained silent.

I told you, there won't be

all the training credits. If you need anything, just go to the shop on the grounds. Remember, you only get your next credits in

location of the shop, I'm sure you'll find it eventually.

go! Have

Lucin transformed into a lightning bolt

hovering

was alone

Shang slowly flew

I need to see if there is a way

comprehending Void Casting since he was running out

the Isolation Chamber, comprehending Void Casting would have been nearly impossible in

alternative that he could

traveling toward the north, he saw

but in comparison to normal

Their job was probably to release their domain and to give some of the weaker people an opportunity to

also seen around five people already, but they had all been High

into two groups, and they were

close to an Ancestral Beast without fear. It kind of reminded Shang

Shang saw these five people, he could tell that 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

and if one didn't actively look for these auras, one also wouldn't take note of

that these High Mages were

that there were over 110 Clouds, but he had only talked about

Mage Clouds. Shang didn't know how many High

Mage Clouds, there

there would be more Ancestral Mage Clouds than Archmage Clouds,

looking at these five High Mage Clouds, Shang's guess had been

been young, but that wasn't reflective

their auras. He was very familiar with this sensation

one of the biggest reasons why there

Keeping one's Battle-Strength.

one managed to comprehend at least four level one Concepts while one was a True