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.

felt a bit awkward as his butler only

else?" the

Silence.

Child of Calamity

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

at his home for their monthly visit, he was

him?"

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

his chin in thought. "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 away. I'm certain that he hadn't had

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

is also our

old man also nodded. "I presume you

"Yes, sir."

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

looked at the

of the piece of paper, and his finger shone with purple lightning

as

"As always," Wester said.

turned around, left the study, and wished the old

with furrowed brows at

waved his fingers. Some water gathered in the air, and a clear pool

man looked into the pool, and

eyes moved with rapid speeds as he scanned through every

vanished, and the

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 unbelievable. It just hasn't

his chin for a while longer, but then he

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

dimly lit hallway made of stone. Every step he 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 the fact that the hallway

some seconds, Wester arrived in front of a wooden door,

in

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

now, the hall

hallway, this hallway

through

room had several tables and chairs. Many different kinds of magical equipment could be found in the room. Several papers and different objects were on

sir. Do you

up politely. Electricity sparked around

She exuded incredible power.

was searching for you.

Thank you for asking, sir," the woman spoke

for me," Wester said politely as he took out the paper the old

paper floated over, and the woman looked at the

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

and walked over to a wall.

shape of a piece

in the outcropping,

DING! DING! DING!

distance, their sounds ignoring the upper limit

commented politely

you, sir," Sarah said with a

SHING!

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

had undergone a