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.

a bit awkward as his butler only stood before

something else?" the old man

Silence.

of Calamity has vanished," Wester

looked at Wester with skepticism. "Vanished? Did he flee? Why would he? He had

don't know," Wester said. "When our people arrived at his

him?" the

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

"Not even the other Clans could have hidden something like that. Additionally, they would only be shooting a fireball in their own faces by taking him

would also explain why you can't find a trace of him,"

is also

old man also nodded. "I presume you need the

"Yes, sir."

old man gestured with his hand for Wester to give him something, and a piece of

old man looked at the paper

of the piece of paper, and his

commented as the paper flew back

"As always," Wester said.

and wished the old

looked with furrowed brows at the middle

Some water gathered in the air, and a clear

looked into the pool, and the pool

man's eyes moved with rapid speeds as he scanned through every hidden corner of the world in the

later, the pool vanished, and the old man laid back on the

owners, so it's not really unbelievable. It just hasn't happened with the Child of Calamity before

for a while longer, but then he

of Calamity anyway," he commented to himself as

took seemingly pulled him forward for hundreds of meters. It was difficult to discern what was more surprising, the fact that Wester was moving this quickly or

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

in a

imposing, violet flags hung down from every column. The flags had white lightning bolts imprinted on them,

now, the hall

door and down another hallway, this hallway being far bigger and grander

through another

chairs. Many different kinds of magical equipment could be

evening, sir. Do you

Electricity sparked around her

She exuded incredible power.

searching for

asking,

for me," Wester said politely as

the woman looked at the

eyes widened more and more as she continued reading. "Yes, sir," she

wall. She spoke complex and unfamiliar words that warped

later, an outcropping in the shape of a piece

the

DING! DING! DING!

sounds ignoring the upper limit

good hunt," Wester commented politely as he

you, sir," Sarah said

SHING!

but the bright light vanished just as

had undergone