"Hunger." Kayden began channeling mana exclusively to this mage. He wasn't necessarily the strongest of them all—he was at the top, but still the weakest among the strong—yet there was intelligence in his eyes, something Kayden had not expected.
Kayden continued feeding this mage exclusively. All the mana went directly to him. Not only that, but Kayden prevented the others from killing him. It didn't take long before the mage reached the seventh realm and…
"Insane." The strength of this being in the seventh realm was equivalent to that of a tenth-realm mage. Not only that, but he had an utterly insane capacity for learning. It didn't even take a minute for him to grasp something profound.
"Monarch." The mana creature's voice came out slow and dragged, but Kayden understood perfectly what he meant—Kayden had been recognized as a Monarch. Not just any Monarch, but the Monarch of Mana.
"Hunger?" Kayden asked, and the creature shook its head.
