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.

Clouds in total, and with the one

with 36, and now they were

be about 30 left near the end, but there were

was quite a devastating

deaths mostly focused on the first two levels

were still within expected parameters, but 80% of Early Ancestral Mages and 70%

What happened?

the extremely rare group trials with a chance

for Peak Ancestral Mages that had been

only left

killed a

But who?

probably one of the three remaining Initial Ancestral Mages. After all, an Early Ancestral Mage couldn't possibly kill that many Initial Ancestral Mages since they were not allowed

Ancestral Mages talked to each other via voice transmission, trying to

two of the three Initial Ancestral Mages had been at that level for quite a time to accumulate power, and

a lot of money. She even had several deals with other Clouds. In exchange for her safety

which was why everyone was quite certain that

second Initial Ancestral Mage was

was the first Ancestral Mage's biggest customer, and he

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

find certain extremely rare materials in the right

no sense for him to kill so many other Clouds since

the first two Clouds, they were not

third Initial Ancestral

light-blue hair, and they all remembered

been the new Cloud that had asked the leading Bolt

that she had joined just a couple of decades ago

knew that she had an Ice Affinity, but they

still

seen her

two Initial Ancestral Mages also noticed all of this, and they moved closer to

thankful that they had traveled

could earn more