Sword God in a World of Magic

"Oh, hey! You're still alive!" One of the Peak Ancestral Mages shouted to a Mid Ancestral Mage with a smile.

The other Ancestral Mage floated over and nodded. "Yep, and I also made quite a bit this time. I completed three trials."

The first Mage let out an impressive whistle. "Impressive," he said. "Anyway, did you get Maruda?"

The second Mage slowly shook his head. "Couldn't find him."

"Huh, he's normally one of the first ones that return. I thought that you got him," the first Mage said.

"Nope," the second Mage said again. "It would suck if he suddenly dies. I wouldn't get my payment and his wealth."

"Speaking of," he added as he looked at the gathered Mages above the surface. "I also don't see my contractor."

The first Mage shrugged. "Maybe they're still in a trial?"

The other Mage just furrowed his brows. Then, he turned to Lucin, who was looking at the ocean. "Lucin, who are we still waiting for?"

"There's one more Peak Ancestral Mage. She's choosing her rewards right now. I don't think it will take longer than a couple of minutes," Lucin answered.

When Lucin said that, several other Mages raised their eyebrows in surprise.

Wait, basically everyone was already here?

They looked at each other and counted.

Twelve Peak Ancestral Mages.

Two Late Ancestral Mages.

Two Mid Ancestral Mages.

One Early Ancestral Mage.

Three Initial Ancestral Mages.

one they

with 36, and now they

had expected that there would be about 30 left near the

a devastating

focused on the first two levels in the Ancestral

three levels were still within expected parameters, but 80% of Early Ancestral Mages

What happened?

the extremely rare

Peak Ancestral Mages that had been in the Wilderness Hunt

only left one

a lot

But who?

three remaining Initial Ancestral Mages. After all, an Early Ancestral Mage couldn't possibly kill that many Initial Ancestral Mages

Mages talked to each other via voice transmission, trying to find out who it could

had been at that level for quite a time to accumulate

of money. She even had several deals with other Clouds. In

detrimental to her business, which was why everyone was quite

Ancestral Mage was

first Ancestral Mage's biggest customer, and he specialized

trial after the other, earning a lot of stuff which he would then

even took requests to find certain extremely

kill so many other

two Clouds, they were

third Initial

was a woman with light-blue hair, and they

had asked the leading Bolt about

she had joined just a couple

she had an Ice Affinity, but they hadn't seen her

that still

seen her fight in the

Initial Ancestral Mages also noticed all of this,

thankful that they had traveled mostly together

could earn more