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

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

longer than the last time. The last time, we only looked at newborns. This time, it might take

didn't want to give the order 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

one responsible for keeping the Child of Calamity in check. It worked out great for so many years, but

man sighed once

said to no one in particular. "Is this some kind of

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

course, sir,"

polite bow

left the room,

just two ants instead of

he focused on his book

couple of minutes later, over a thousand lightning bolts shot away from the mansion, followed by a bright beam of

...

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

spoke these words to a young man with white hair wearing some simple

respectfully. "I will have

in golden armor

BANG!

an explosion of lightning, the man in golden armor vanished

grey hair

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

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

he needed an answer

supervisor went to the last

BANG!

bolt struck down on a grassy hill, singing the grass

the lightning bolt vanished, the supervisor was

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

remained closed, even though the arrival of the

of questions and a task for

King Skythunder answered without

all around the world in the

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

The supervisor's brows furrowed.

really didn't like this Archmage's

could