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

nearly cost him his

he ordered us in anger to never allow another Emperor from

he wanted to fix the issue with the Abominations, which was his

Abominations was far worse back then. We even saw some

the Abominations diminished

his last decree, I think everyone went a bit overboard," the Lightning Emperor said with an embarrassed

Paths and called

not

told me,"

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

feared that some hidden King might become an Emperor. So, we killed all the Kings

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

of every Path were left, and since everyone heard Lucius' decree, they burned all the

bad about the other Paths losing all their inheritances.

current situation suit the Mage God? After all, he ordered that no other Emperors are allowed

"Lucius was a very heated fellow. I can't count the times he shouted or ordered

have said that we didn't need to be this brutal and that we should only be careful that they don't

a killing spree, but after he

eyes grew distant as a content smile appeared on

and we would have followed him

of seconds

in a Development Area, and its appearance might

Emperor said. "I totally forgot the reason why you

access to the one for True Mages. We don't want to go overboard," the

looked at it with furrowed

its way to a young warrior. I think

until he dies. Someone in the Fourth Realm can live for barely a millennium. I can wait

and nodded. "Where do you think the book

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

the Mage?" Wester asked.

time. It's quite refreshing to get surprised like this. Additionally, they didn't exactly do anything wrong.

one of our Development Areas and gave

nodded. "Then, I wish

said as the