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.

and with the one they were waiting for, they

had started with 36, and

30 left near the end, but there were only

quite a

on the

parameters, but 80%

What happened?

they enter one of the extremely rare group trials with a chance

open for Peak Ancestral Mages that had been in the Wilderness Hunt several times

only left one other

killed a lot of

But who?

Mage couldn't possibly kill that many Initial Ancestral Mages since they were not allowed to

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

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

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

detrimental to her business, which was why everyone was

Initial Ancestral Mage was a notorious serial

customer, and he specialized in a

other, earning a lot of stuff which he would then

took requests to find certain extremely rare materials in the right

kill so many other Clouds since that would

two Clouds, they

third

a woman with light-blue hair, and they all remembered

been the new Cloud that had asked the leading Bolt about

Clouds concluded that she had joined just a couple of decades ago and that

Affinity, but they hadn't seen

still

single Cloud had seen her fight in the Wilderness

all of this, and they moved

thankful that they had traveled mostly together this

earn more by combining their