Sword God in a World of Magic

Knock, knock, knock.

Someone knocked on a wooden door.

No answer came.

Creak.

The door opened slowly, and an immaculately dressed person stepped in. It was a man with white hair, but it was a bit difficult to discern his age. Even though he had white hair, which obviously came from old age, there were no wrinkles on his face. If one only looked at his face, one might believe that he was rather young.

However, appearances often deceived.

If someone heard of this person's age, they wouldn't be able to believe whoever told them.

The man looked around the room with professional eyes.

It was a small study filled with all kinds of books, scriptures, tomes, and papers. An unbelievably soft, violet carpet was strewn across the ground, and a cozy fire crackled in the fireplace.

The man's eyes looked at the back of the room.

Another man was sitting on a chair behind a mahogany desk. Several papers were strewn across the desk, and the man practically lay in his chair, his head looking upward.

The man at the door slightly shook his head and walked over.

Bang!

He slightly kicked the table.

"Oh, wha- huh? Oh, good morning, Wester," the man who had just been sleeping said after recovering from the shock. He was an old man with gentle facial features, and everyone that saw him would believe him to be a nice grandpa.

"It's evening, sir," Wester, the butler, said to the old man.

"Oh, already?" the old man asked in confusion as he looked around his room. "I was working on this year's reward for the Clan Tournament. Guess I lost track of time," he said.

"Mhm," Wester uttered, deciding not to comment on how he had found his master napping.

"What? You don't believe me?" the old man asked with an offended expression. "Look! It's over there," he said.

A tome started to float from the desk and stopped in front of Wester.

Wester took the tome, opened it, and scanned through it.

"An Element-Neutral King Rank Spell," Wester commented. "You didn't read the dossiers about the candidates, did you?" Wester asked.

The old man felt like he had been found out.

BANG!

Wester put his hands on the stacked dossiers on the table, making it impossible for the old man to peek at them.

The old man groaned. "Fine! Fine!" he groaned, "but it doesn't really matter, does it? Element-Neutral Spells are worth more than Element-Specific Spells anyway."

"Sir, if you keep creating Element-Neutral Spells for every tournament, the other Clans will start believing that we don't care about the tournament," Wester commented.

The old man groaned again. "Fine! I'll just create one for every Element, and you can choose whichever you want to hand out in the future tournaments."

Wester put the Element-Neutral King Rank Spell under his arm but didn't comment on the old man's words.

Silence.

old man felt a bit awkward as his butler only stood

you need something else?" the old man

Silence.

Child of Calamity has vanished," Wester

man was a bit taken aback as he looked at Wester with skepticism. "Vanished? Did he flee? Why would he?

arrived at his home for their

him?" the

sir," Wester answered. "I sent the seventh legion to search through every particle of the surrounding 50,000 kilometers. As a mere Apprentice, he couldn't possibly have traveled further, and we would have noticed any spatial

could have hidden something like that. Additionally, they would only be shooting a fireball in their own faces by taking him away. I'm certain that he hadn't had

life. That would also explain why you

is also

presume you

"Yes, sir."

with his hand for Wester to give him something, and a piece of paper

man looked at the paper and

of the piece of

the old man commented as the paper flew back to

"As always," Wester said.

around, left the study, and wished the old man a

with furrowed brows at the middle

waved his fingers. Some water gathered in the

looked into the pool, and the pool

as he scanned through every hidden

the old man

Affinities can eat up their owners, so it's not really unbelievable. It just hasn't happened with

old man scratched his chin for a while longer, but then he

matter. The legions will find the new Child of Calamity anyway," he commented to himself

took seemingly pulled him forward for hundreds of meters. It was difficult to discern what was more surprising, the

Wester arrived in front of a wooden door, which he

arrived in

Powerful weapons and adornments were on the walls as imposing, violet flags hung down from every column. The flags had white lightning bolts

the hall

through another door and down another hallway, this hallway being far bigger and grander than the previous

through another

could be found in the room. Several papers and different objects

Do

robes stood up politely. Electricity sparked around her as space seemed

She exuded incredible power.

perfect, I was searching for you. Everything going

for asking, sir," the woman spoke

something for me," Wester said politely

and the woman looked at the

more and more as she continued

she took the paper and walked over to a wall. She spoke complex and

later, an outcropping in the shape of a

the outcropping, and the paper burned

DING! DING! DING!

their sounds ignoring the upper

commented

Sarah said with a

SHING!

was engulfed by a bright light, but the bright light vanished just as quickly as it had

Sarah had undergone