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.

the Child of Calamity has been born outside the

inspect every Adept below twenty years of age. However, for the Areas, it should be fine if

"Searching through that many people will take far longer than the last time. The

do something sneaky while such

the one responsible for keeping the Child of Calamity in check. It worked out great

man sighed

no one in particular. "Is this some kind of hint

the old man said as he leaned back to read

course, sir,"

polite bow and

left the room, the

ants instead of one. Just stop complaining," he grumbled to

on

minutes later, over a thousand lightning bolts shot away from the mansion, followed by

...

Emperor, you are hereby tasked to check your Area for the Child of Calamity. We suspect they are below twenty years old and have reached

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

respectfully. "I will have an answer

man in golden armor

BANG!

an explosion of lightning, the man in golden armor

man with grey hair

into a bolt of lightning, but the bolt was far weaker and

any idea about the person their supervisor

told them that he needed an answer by

then, the supervisor went to the

BANG!

down on a grassy hill, singing the grass

bolt vanished, the

front of him stood a 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 of the supervisor couldn't go

questions and a

Skythunder answered without

far more Abominations appearing all around the world in the last couple of years, right?"

want the specific number, ask someone from the Council. I don't

The supervisor's brows furrowed.

didn't like this Archmage's

could possibly be related to the Abominations? It could be