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?"

happen," Lucin answered with a proud smirk. "We have our ways of making sure that no

Shang remained silent.

as you keep to the rules I told you, there won't be any issues," Lucin said with

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

find it eventually.

go! Have

into a lightning bolt again and shot toward

just kept hovering

he was

slowly flew toward

familiar with everything. After that, I need to see if there is a way to comprehend Void

focus was on comprehending Void Casting

been nearly impossible in Shang's remaining years. Yes, it was extremely effective, but

needed an alternative that he could use

the north, he saw

several Ancestral Beasts that had released their domains, but in comparison to normal Ancestral Beasts,

Ancestral Beasts were probably half-domesticated like the Zone Beasts from Area 23. Their job was probably to release

five people already, but they had

into two groups, and they

to an

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 like the world around them was greyed out, and they were the only ones

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

could tell that these

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

far more High Mage Clouds. Shang didn't know how many High Mage Clouds there were, but

for Ancestral Mage Clouds,

would think that there would be

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

had been young, but that wasn't reflective

from their auras. He was very familiar with this sensation since the decay of old age had also become stronger in his own

the biggest reasons why there

Keeping one's Battle-Strength.

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