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.

bit awkward as his butler only stood

else?" the

Silence.

of Calamity has vanished," Wester

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

arrived at

for him?" the

search through every particle of the surrounding 50,000 kilometers. As a mere Apprentice, he couldn't possibly have traveled further, and we

would only be shooting a fireball in their own faces by taking him away.

Affinity has claimed his own life. That would also explain why

nodded. "That is also

nodded. "I presume you need the seal?"

"Yes, sir."

to give him something, and a piece of paper appeared in the air, which then floated

looked at the paper and

the bottom of the piece of paper, and his finger shone

as

"As always," Wester said.

the study, and

man looked with furrowed brows at

fingers. Some water gathered in

old man looked into the pool, and the

eyes moved with rapid speeds as he scanned through every hidden corner

vanished, and the old man laid back on

can eat up their owners, so it's not really unbelievable. It just

his chin for a while longer, but then he put his head back in

the new Child of Calamity

seemingly pulled him forward for hundreds of meters. It was

front of a wooden door, which he quickly opened and walked out

arrived in a grand

every

the hall

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

through

equipment could be found in the room. Several

sir. Do you

blonde woman with ostentatious purple robes stood up politely. Electricity sparked around her as space seemed

She exuded incredible power.

searching for you. Everything going

you for asking,

to do something for me," Wester said politely as he took out the paper the old man had

floated over, and the woman looked at

as she continued

wall. She spoke complex

outcropping in the shape of a piece of paper

put the paper in the outcropping,

DING! DING! DING!

bells rang throughout an unfathomable distance, their sounds ignoring the upper limit of the speed

commented

you, sir," Sarah said

SHING!

a bright light, but the bright light vanished just as quickly as it

undergone a