Sword God in a World of Magic

The Lightning Emperor told Wester a bit more about the old times. Wester wasn't particularly interested, but he still listened intently.

"By the way, where did you get this book from?" the Lightning Emperor asked. "Not even I have an original."

"Someone handed this book to a talented warrior in Area 23," Wester said.

"Oh, I wonder where they got it from," the Lightning Emperor said. "Who gave the warrior this book?"

Wester told everything he had heard from the Starlight Queen to the Lightning Emperor.

The Lightning Emperor knew that the description of that person fit with reality. With his power, it wasn't very hard to discern truth from falsehood.

"Interesting," he said.

Then, the Lightning Emperor closed his eyes for a couple of seconds.

"There are about two Mages that fit the description, but they haven't been to Area 23 in the recent 100 years," the Lightning Emperor said.

In just a mere couple of seconds, the Lightning Emperor had looked through his entire territory and had read everyone's aura. Additionally, he had read the past of the two Mages.

Sadly, this didn't work for finding the Child of Calamity. Maybe if they became more powerful and unleashed their Calamity Affinity, this could become a possibility.

But as it stood now, there were simply too many people to look through.

Yes, he managed to look through everyone, but he only looked at the Ancestral Mages and more powerful, and he only looked at their general auras.

If he wanted to find the Child of Calamity like this, he would need to look through everyone and deeply analyze their Affinities.

The Affinity of the Child of Calamity looked like a Fire, Ice, Darkness, or Light Affinity at a cursory glance.

Only when a powerful Mage looked very closely or administered a bloodline test would they be able to identify the Child of Calamity.

"Do you want me to investigate?" Wester asked.

"No, it's fine," the Lightning Emperor said with a smile. "It's been a long time since the Purge, and I was never a great fan of it. In actuality, I feel quite a bit of regret."

"Wasn't it the Mage God's degree?" Wester asked.

"Well," the Lightning Emperor said slowly. "Kind of, but not really."

an eyebrow in

back of his neck. "Well, you

his overconfidence nearly cost him his life. He had severely

after winning, he ordered us in anger to never allow another Emperor from any

and left our world. You know, he wanted to fix the issue with the Abominations, which was his

worse back then. We even saw some King Abominations from time to

Abominations diminished to the

last decree, I think everyone went a bit overboard," the Lightning

the ridiculous weak other Paths and called

was not "a bit"

never told me," Wester

Lightning Emperor laughed with embarrassment again. "I mean, it's kind of embarrassing. Lucius only told us to stop other Emperors from rising, but things turned out

an Emperor. So, we killed

interested in the other Kings' and Lords' possessions, and

weakest people of every Path were left, and since everyone heard Lucius' decree,

bit bad about the other Paths losing all their inheritances. So, why

Wester asked. "Wouldn't the current situation suit the Mage God?

Emperor chuckled a bit. "Lucius was a very heated fellow. I can't count the times he shouted

he remained in this world for longer. He probably would have said that we didn't need to be this brutal and that we should only

was angry, he could go on a killing spree, but after he calmed down, he was always

eyes grew distant as a content

was our leader, and we would have

seconds of

in a Development

Lightning Emperor said. "I totally forgot

as well. Of course, we only give them access to the one for True Mages.

over to Wester, who looked at it with furrowed brows. "You don't want to keep it,

said. "Somehow, this ancient book found its way to a young warrior. I think he should keep the

a bit. "Also, I only need to wait a bit until he dies. Someone in the Fourth Realm can live for barely

book and nodded. "Where do you think the book came from,

Lightning Emperor said. "She lost quite a few books in her lifetime. This one probably got sold

Mage?" Wester asked. "You

to get surprised like this. Additionally, they didn't exactly do anything

someone down just because they entered one of our Development Areas and gave someone a technique. We don't need to be that

"Then, I wish you a pleasant evening,

the book he was reading before Wester's