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?"

of making sure that no one is

Shang remained silent.

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

looked like he had just remembered something. "Oh, by the way, your new Communication Crystal also has all the training credits. If you need anything, just go to the shop on the grounds. Remember,

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

gotta go! Have

lightning bolt again and shot toward

hovering

he was

a while, Shang slowly flew

I need to get familiar with everything. After that, I need to see if

Void Casting since he was running out

been nearly impossible in

alternative that he

the north, he saw

Ancestral Beasts that had released their domains, but in comparison to normal Ancestral Beasts, these didn't seem

from Area 23. Their job was probably to release their domain and to give some of

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

five people were divided into two groups, and

an Ancestral Beast without fear. It kind

of them had these unique and bright auras to them. It was almost like the world around

look

could tell that these High Mages were extremely

that there were over 110 Clouds, but he had

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

Mage Clouds, there were

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

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

but that wasn't

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

why there were fewer Clouds, the stronger one

Keeping one's Battle-Strength.

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