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.

awkward as his butler only stood before him, not

need something else?"

Silence.

of Calamity

bit taken aback as he looked at Wester with skepticism. "Vanished? Did he flee? Why would he? He had money,

arrived at his home for their monthly visit, he

search for him?" the old man

surrounding 50,000 kilometers. As a mere Apprentice, he couldn't possibly have traveled further,

like that. Additionally, they would only be shooting a fireball in their own faces by taking him away. I'm certain

only means that his Affinity has claimed his own life. That would also explain why you can't find a trace

is also our

old man also nodded. "I presume you need

"Yes, sir."

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

at

the piece of paper, and

always," the old man commented as the paper flew back to

"As always," Wester said.

study, and wished the

with furrowed brows

Some water gathered in the air, and

and the pool reflected a

with rapid speeds as he scanned through every hidden corner of the world

the pool vanished, and the old man laid back

him. That's a new one," the old man mumbled to himself. "I mean, Affinities can eat up their owners, so it's not really

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

will find the new Child of Calamity anyway," he commented to himself as

hundreds of meters. It was difficult

arrived in front of a wooden door, which he quickly opened

in a

300 meters high. Powerful weapons and adornments were on the walls as imposing, violet flags hung down from every column. The flags had white lightning bolts imprinted on them, and a gigantic table

now, the hall

this hallway being far bigger

walked through

of magical equipment could be found in the room. Several papers and different objects were on the

evening, sir. Do

with ostentatious purple robes stood up politely. Electricity

She exuded incredible power.

searching for you. Everything going

you for asking, sir," the

said politely as he took out the paper

floated over, and the woman looked at

eyes widened more and more as she

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

an outcropping in the shape of

put the paper in the outcropping, and the paper burned

DING! DING! DING!

their sounds ignoring the upper limit of the speed

Wester commented politely as

sir," Sarah said with

SHING!

a bright light, but the bright light vanished

undergone