Sword God in a World of Magic

The Custodian came out of the Lightning Emperor's study and threw a glance at the waiting Shang.

"You left quite the positive impression on the Ancestor, Shang," the Custodian said with a polite smile.

When Shang heard that, he felt like something was different from before.

It wasn't that his status had changed or anything, but that something about the Custodian was different.

It was like the Custodian was more… distant?

Cold?

Off-putting?

Something in the way the Custodian was talking or looking at Shang had changed, but Shang couldn't be sure what exactly.

Nevertheless, Shang only answered with a wordless nod.

The Custodian gestured to the hallway with a move of his head and traveled back to the entrance with Shang.

The Custodian opened the door, and the two of them arrived in front of Queen Primordium again.

Shang still couldn't see Queen Primordium, but he could tell by the atmosphere that she felt relieved.

Since she was the leader of the Reinforcement and Contender Departments, she was obviously very interested in powerful people. After all, it was her job to make new Thunders and Mage Kings.

"I apologize for the wait, Vana," the Custodian said with a polite smile. "The Ancestor enjoys talking."

"No worries," Queen Primordium said. "Any new orders?"

The Custodian nodded. "Our little friend Shang will enjoy very special treatment from now on. First, his allowance will be increased by a factor of ten."

"You're referring to the Ancestral Mage allowance?" Queen Primordium asked.

The Custodian nodded.

Queen Primordium nodded back.

to all special training areas except the grade 0 ones for a price. The prices will be according to the arms race decree," the

an eyebrow with a

That was quite good.

emergency situations like

Manor would essentially operate at a loss to push the power of every member as far as possible, which included cheap access to very expensive and difficult-to-maintain

the

areas were only accessible to people that

enter these without needing to do anything but

"Okay," Queen Primordium answered.

continued, "due to the peculiarity of his Spirit Sense, his true power needs to remain a secret. In public, he will remain a Cloud, but he will be disguised as a Cloud one level higher than he

trust that you can find a good way,

nodded. "A permanent talisman should

nodded

his Spirit Sense?"

Queen Primordium

he doesn't tell anyone else about this,

Queen Primordium

would like you to tell him about our friends," the Custodian said. "If he finds someone fitting, you may contact me,

I assume

Custodian said. "The fewer people know about this, the better. Only I will be the one that tells the truth of his

raised an eyebrow. "Is that your order or

friendliness.

"Understood," Queen Primordium said.

be everything," the Custodian said to Queen Primordium, his polite smile recovered. "If

Wester," Queen

at each other, and the Custodian

Shang just nodded back.

room, and Queen

back to Queen Primordium's room and met up with

noticed that Shang had survived the meeting with the Lightning Emperor earlier, and he was only glad that there were