Sword God in a World of Magic

The Lightning Emperor sighed again, something he had been doing quite a lot in the past minutes.

"I assume you know about the lack of Mana?" he asked.

Shang nodded. "I was under the assumption that there was only enough Mana left to let one Mage Emperor survive if I want to become a God, and maybe not even that since the Abominations might have consumed even more Mana."

The Lightning Emperor nodded solemnly. "That's right, but that's only true when you are not willing to sacrifice a big group of people for your goal. Lucius was a kind man that wasn't the biggest fan of killing."

"I assume this isn't a problem for you?"

"It isn't," Shang answered emotionlessly.

"To become a God, you need to absorb ten Emperor's worth of Mana."

"In total, there are 16 Emperor's worth of Mana in the entirety of Aterium currently," the Lightning Emperor said.

"16?" Shang asked. "That's more than I expected."

The Lightning Emperor nodded. "There are eleven Emperors-"

"Wait, eleven?" Shang asked. "I thought there were only ten."

"There are nine Empires with ten Emperors, but there is one more Emperor who isn't very known. He was the only Emperor that Lucius left alive back then."

"His title is the Archivist, and he lives on one of the islands of the Beast Kings. He has dedicated his entire life to witnessing the progress of the world and archiving all the knowledge."

"He wanders the world from time to time, but he never kills anything or influences anyone. He just watches and documents. Not many people know that he exists, and he wants to keep it this way."

"Nevertheless, he is still an Emperor and a pretty strong one at that. I don't think any of us could win against him in a fair duel."

Shang nodded.

are eleven Emperors who make up eleven Emperor's worth

Kings combined make

we were to convert all the water in the endless ocean into Mana, that

Aterium itself make up

atmosphere itself would

a bit more than 16 Emperors in

extremely difficult, the three portions comprising the ocean and the continent are

willing to kill all the Mage Kings and a couple of Mage Lords, you could spare two

Shang just nodded absentmindedly.

problems with fulfilling that request," Shang said. "You have the power to kill me, but instead of doing so, you

people, but I

centuries, and they knew a lot about me, but I don't have any desire to destroy them. It was a cooperation, nothing

me today, and I will pay that investment back in the future,"

in a friendly

has resonated

not be close to anyone else, but that didn't

the Temple of

agreement," the Lightning Emperor

Shang said with

to inform Wester about everything.

"Thank you," he said

opened the door

the hallway with a

and stepped into the study. "I will be back shortly," he told Shang before closing

an eyebrow as he looked

what brings you here?" the Lightning Emperor asked with a

assume we are keeping

"Shang is quite a peculiar person. When I

rose further. "Misread?" he asked

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