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.

Emperors who make up eleven Emperor's worth of

Mage Kings combined make

in the endless

islands and Aterium itself make up another

itself would barely

that's a bit more than 16 Emperors in

Mana is extremely difficult, the three portions comprising the

of Mage Lords, you could spare two additional Emperors, leaving

Shang just nodded absentmindedly.

with fulfilling that request," Shang said. "You have the power to kill

many people, but I have no

me, but I don't have any desire to destroy them.

today, and I will pay that investment back in

Emperor smiled in a friendly manner and

world has resonated with Shang's

be close to anyone else, but that didn't mean that it

made the Temple of Blood a

agreement,"

said with a

going to inform Wester about everything. He will inform you about

chair. "Thank you," he said as he

the door

in the hallway with a

stepped into the study. "I will be

study, Wester raised an eyebrow as

what brings you here?" the Lightning Emperor asked

are keeping the warrior alive?" he

the Lightning Emperor said with two nods. "Shang is quite a

further. "Misread?" he

said. "I was accurate, but after talking with him, I found more information. You can view it