Sword God in a World of Magic

Knock, knock, knock.

A young man knocked on a big wooden door.

"Come in," came from behind the door.

The young man with grey hair opened the door and walked into the room.

It was a nice and cozy study with a couple of books.

On the table at the back of the study sat a friendly-looking old man who was currently reading a book.

"Sir, we received one more complaint from the Water Emperor, two more from the Wind Emperor, and four more from the Twilight Royalty," the young man said with professional politeness.

The older man on the table only sighed in helplessness.

"Is it because of the increased quantity of Abominations again, Wester?" the old man asked.

Wester, the butler, nodded. "Correct, sir."

The older man sighed once again. "By how much did it increase this time?"

"Compared to 20 years ago, the quantity of Abominations has doubled, sir," Wester explained.

The older man rubbed his temple with one of his hands. "I guess we can't chalk this up to coincidence anymore."

"I was surprised that you managed to do that until now," Wester said with an unchanging expression.

Once again, the older man sighed. "So, the Child of Calamity actually is out there, and they have reached the Adept Realm."

"It seems so, sir," Wester said.

"Well, I guess we have to widen the scope of our search. How long ago did the old Child of Calamity die?"

"About fourteen years, sir," Wester answered professionally.

"Fourteen years, huh?" the old man mused. "That's a bit more on the faster side for reaching the Adept Realm, but not completely outstanding yet. However, it is still far faster than for any of the Areas."

Wester didn't answer.

of Calamity has been born outside the Areas, but

the old man said as he made his decision. "Get Sarah to inspect every Adept below twenty years of age. However, for the Areas, it

people will take far longer than the last time. The last time, we only looked at newborns. This

previously. The other Emperors will probably try to do something sneaky while such a large portion of our forces are occupied. I swear, they only complain so much so that they can bite a huge chunk out of

to become the one responsible for keeping the Child of Calamity in

man

this is your doing, Lucius," he said to no one in

matter," the old man said as he leaned back to read the book some

course, sir," Wester

performed a polite bow

room, the older man

It's just two ants instead of one. Just stop complaining," he

on his book

bolts shot away from the mansion, followed by a bright beam of grey light. Wherever

...

to check your Area for the Child of

armor sparkling with lightning spoke these words to a young man with

respectfully. "I will have an answer

man in golden

BANG!

explosion of lightning, the man

grey hair narrowed

exploded into a bolt of lightning, but the bolt was far weaker and slower than the bolt of the man with

any idea about the person their supervisor was looking for, but they promised that they would check every Adept below 25 years old, just to be

them that he needed an answer

went to the

BANG!

struck down on a grassy hill, singing the

the lightning bolt vanished, the supervisor

tall and muscular man who only wore white pants. Right now, that man stood on the hill, his

eyes remained closed, even though the arrival

questions and a task for you,"

Skythunder answered without opening his

Abominations appearing all around the world in the last couple of

about the world, but my Kingdom has more than usual. If you want the specific number, ask someone from the Council. I don't really care,"

The supervisor's brows furrowed.

really didn't like this

be related to the Abominations? It could be anything. Anything that could