It wasn't completely as Shang expected, but it had been one of the options.
A Thunder.
Soone that controlled 10% of one Departnt.
Soone that directly worked beneath a Mage King.
Shang knew that he couldn't possibly ask to et a Mage King, which ant that a Thunder was his next best option.
"Is that enough for you?" Lucin asked with a slight chuckle.
Shang remained silent for a while.
Based on Lucin's Aura, Shang believed that Lucin truly was a Thunder.
Shang had seen a couple of people working for an Empire before, and none of them had even co close to the grandness of Lucin's Aura.
A Thunder was probably the very person that people on Shang's level were raised to be since there could only be one true King Contender.
"You are planning on accepting into the Lightning Manor, correct?" Shang asked.
"Of course," Lucin said with a chuckle.
"Then, there's no reason to kill , correct?" Shang asked.
"As long as you don't actively go against the Lightning Manor, no," Lucin confird. "You're quite paranoid. You must really think that your secret is extrely important," he added with so humor.
Shang took a deep breath.
It was difficult to make Shang nervous, but not impossible.
At the mont, Shang was readying himself to do sothing he hated.
He was about to put his trust in soone more powerful than him.
Shang wanted to get the best kind of nurturing possible from the Lightning Manor, and for that, he needed to unveil a lot of his secrets, especially the true extent of his power.
If he kept all of that secret, Shang would most likely get fewer resources than everyone else, just based on the fact that he was a warrior and not a Mage.
From what Shang had guessed, the Lightning Manor was probably only putting Shang into this Departnt for show.
He was more of an oddity to them.
They probably didn't expect Shang to ever reach the power of a Thunder in the future.
They would give him more resources than a Boltling, which was why they were putting Shang into Lucin's Unit, but they probably wouldn't grant him the full benefits that soone from Lucin's Unit would receive.
That was why Shang was essentially forced to hand his life over again.
"The Abominations have consud so much Mana that only a limited number of Mage Kings can exist at a ti," Shang said.
"Oh? Interesting theory. How did you co up with that one?" Lucin asked nonchalantly.
"Mage Kings live for 100,000 years, and there are about a hundred of them. Every thousand years, a tournant is being held amongst all the Empires to decide on who gets to beco the next Mage King."
"The people taking part in this tournant are called King Contenders," Shang said.
Silence.
For the first ti, Lucin didn't imdiately answer.
"Who told you?" Lucin asked. His voice still sounded polite, but there was also sothing serious and sinister inside it.
"The sa person that gave the Star Map," Shang said.
Lucin remained silent for a while.
"Who else knows?" he asked.
"I told no one," Shang said.
"No one?" Lucin repeated.
"Yes."
"No one stronger than you?"
"No one."
"No one weaker than you?"
"No one."
"Did you tell anyone that is now dead?"
"I told no one."
Silence.
More silence.
"Do you understand now?" Shang asked. "That's why I was so careful."
Silence.
"It seems like we have to hold an internal investigation," Lucin said with a sigh. "Stuff like that isn't allowed to get out."
"I don't think it was anyone from the Lightning Manor," Shang said.
"Are you certain?" Lucin asked.
"He didn't seem like soone that would fit the Lightning Manor," Shang answered.
Silence.
"Alright," Lucin said. "I'm going to inform my superior. Such a leak isn't sothing minor. You were smart not to tell anyone."
"However," Lucin added, and Shang felt Lucin's Spirit Sense intensify. It was like Lucin was paying far more attention to Shang than before. "Such a secret doesn't feel like sothing you would just tell soone without reason."
"Sure, you know about this special thing, but that special thing won't increase your power or sway within the Lightning Manor. There is no gain with a lot of risk."
"So, might there be another secret that you want to tell ?" Lucin asked.
"Correct," Shang added. "I told you this secret so that you take seriously. Additionally, the following things I say will put under a lot of scrutiny, and if I kept sothing like this secret, it would appear suspicious."
"I've decided to go all-in with the Lightning Manor."
Silence.
"Okay," Lucin said after a while, "after knowing about sothing as sensitive as the King Contenders, you are basically forced to ride or die if you get my aning."
"So, telling us more about yourself won't change your fate for the worse."
Shang nodded.
Then, he took a deep breath.
"How much do you know about the True Path Stage and Impose Stage?" he asked.
"I've received Mistra's report via voice transmission, and I read through it. So, yes, I know about them. She was also quite angry about your reluctance to tell her more, but in hindsight, that was the smart choice," Lucin said. "She asked about what you said about the world, but she didn't take you very seriously. I just told her the sa lie I told you earlier, and she believed it."
Shang nodded again. "A strong Path is the equivalent of a level one Concept. A True Path Stage warrior with a solid Path can fight a High Mage with a level one Concept. Do you agree?"
"Sounds about right," Lucin said. "Mistra said sothing very similar."
"Before I reached the True Path Stage, I comprehended four very powerful Paths," Shang said.
"Yep," Lucin added. "That's why you're in my unit. The requirent to get into my unit is to have a fourfold Spirit Sense. I think you can guess what that ans."
Shang nodded. "When I was inside the True Path Stage, I was searching for a way to advance. The concept of a Fifth Stage of warriors didn't exist yet, and I had to co up with a way to get there."
"I found out about Imposes when I ate sothing that improved my perception for one of my four Paths. I theorized that I needed two things to create an Impose. My Mana needs to flow perfectly, and my technique has to be perfect."
"I've heard," Lucin said.
"But my problem was that I had four different Paths and that my fighting style was evolving. This ant that I needed to change my Mana Pathways."
"Huh, that was probably quite difficult since you had four different Paths," Lucin added.
Shang nodded. "I found a way. I simply created more Mana Pathways. I created separate Mana Pathways for nearly every attack. Near the end, it increased the number of my Mana Pathways by a magnitude."
"Is that where your Beast Core cos in?" Lucin asked.
"Correct," Shang said. "Due to the additional volu my Mana Pathways can hold, there wasn't enough pressure, which was why I needed a Beast Core. But there was a problem."
"Your Mana Pathways were too weak," Lucin said.
"Yes," Shang said, "but I found a way to deal with this."
"I used the small breakthroughs."
Silence.
"I would comprehend one Impose per small breakthrough, and I used the montum of these Imposes to add more Mana into the walls of my Mana Pathways."
"That's a problem," Lucin said with a more serious voice.
Shang didn't say anything.
"You need montum to get through the barrier between Realms. By using your Imposes on each minor breakthrough, you are using that montum."
"Without comprehending sothing else at the Peak True Path Stage, you can't advance," Lucin said.
Shang remained silent for a while.
"I didn't know that."
"Wait, what?" Lucin suddenly asked. "How didn't you know?"
"I never planned on breaking through with just that," Shang said.
"I presu you also know about the World Connection?"
Silence.
"If a Path is a level one Concept, an Impose is a level two Concept. That would also make World Connection a level three Concept," Shang said.
"When I was around 310 years old, I finally managed to comprehend World Connection, and I broke through by using this."
"Right now, my Spirit Sense is 250 kiloters big."
Silence.
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