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."

raised an eyebrow in

the back of his neck. "Well, you see, when Lucius defeated the Grand Master of Weapons, he

with absolute confidence, but his overconfidence nearly cost him his life. He had severely underestimated the Grand Master of

us in anger to never allow another Emperor from any

You know, he wanted

worse back then. We even saw some King Abominations

Lucius left, the threat of the Abominations

his last decree, I think everyone went a

weak other Paths and called the Lightning

was not "a bit"

never told me,"

mean, it's kind of embarrassing. Lucius only told us to stop other Emperors from

we feared that some hidden King might become an

their own. The Mage Kings were interested in the other Kings' and Lords' possessions, and the Mage Lords were interested

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

Paths losing all their inheritances. So, why not allow a small resurgence?" the

the decree?" Wester asked. "Wouldn't the current situation suit the Mage God? After all, he ordered that no

can't count the times he shouted or ordered

for longer. He probably would have said that

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

eyes grew distant as a content

our leader, and we

of seconds of silence

the Star Map?" Wester asked. "It appeared in a Development Area, and its appearance might break the

the Lightning Emperor said. "I totally forgot the

course, we only give them access to the one

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

the Lightning Emperor said. "Somehow, this ancient book found its way to a young warrior. I think

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

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

Mirana's copy," the Lightning Emperor said. "She lost quite a few books in her lifetime. This one probably got

the Mage?" Wester asked. "You couldn't find

surprised like this. Additionally, they didn't exactly

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

wish you a pleasant

as the book he was reading before Wester's arrival returned