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.

Child of Calamity has been born outside the Areas, but we should still be

made his decision. "Get Sarah to inspect every Adept below twenty years of age. However, for the Areas,

far longer than the last time. The

something sneaky while such a large portion of our forces are occupied. I swear, they only complain so much so

Child of Calamity in check. It worked out great for so many years, but now, it's

man sighed

your doing, Lucius," he said to no one in particular.

doesn't really matter," the old man said as he leaned back to read the book some more. "Wester, please

sir," Wester

polite bow and left

room,

about more Abominations? It's just two ants instead of one. Just stop complaining," he grumbled to

on

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

...

order of the Lightning Emperor, you are hereby tasked to check your Area for the Child of Calamity. We

words to a young man

answered respectfully. "I will have

in golden

BANG!

an explosion of lightning, the man

man with grey

bolt of lightning, but the bolt was far weaker and slower than the bolt

but none of them had any idea about the person their supervisor was looking for, but they promised that they would check every Adept

told them that he needed an answer by

the

BANG!

bolt struck down on a grassy hill,

bolt vanished, the supervisor was

on the hill, his entire body sweaty and vibrating with power as

though the arrival of the

couple of questions and a task for you," the supervisor

Skythunder answered without

around the world in the

has more than usual. If you want the specific number, ask someone from the

The supervisor's brows furrowed.

like

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