Sword God in a World of Magic

"It's nice to see you as well, Wester," Queen Primordium answered.

"I presume you're here because of our young friend here?" Wester asked. "I think I already know why you're here."

"How will we proceed?" Queen Primordium asked.

Wester turned to Shang and looked at him while he scratched his chin in thought. "You have a fivefold Spirit Sense, right?"

Shang nodded.

"You're not a Mage, right?" Wester asked.

Shang nodded again.

Wester absentmindedly nodded a couple of times as he fell into thought.

"Difficult," Wester said. "We don't really think about the supremacy of Mages in our everyday life. Everyone that we know is already a Mage."

"Only when there is actual contrast can we take note of the difference."

"I'm no different," Wester added. "I haven't even entertained the possibility that a warrior might become powerful enough to rival King Contenders. That possibility just seems so far in the future."

Wester remained silent for a couple of seconds.

Queen Primordium and Shang didn't say anything.

"Past, present, and future," Wester said. "In the past, Mages were antagonistic to warriors. In the present, Mages are interested in raising warriors."

"The future is still uncertain."

"Will the past be repeated, or will there be cooperation?"

Wester stayed silent for a while again.

"The past dictates the future, but the past isn't always correct. Regret is a word, and if the past were always correct, regret wouldn't exist."

of the present,

only be made by

this means…" Queen Primordium slowly

must ask

bit of

The Lightning Emperor.

there were many things an Emperor could do. Maybe there were other ways to find out

here," Wester said before leaving his room and walking over to

he wanted to meet the Lightning Emperor or

dangerous it would be, but Shang also

warrior's body, but he decided that this was a topic better left for

important to see whether Shang

the unveiling of Shang's true power had created monumental waves, and the news would even reach the Lightning Emperor, one of the ten strongest beings in

through the long corridor and stopped in

always, he politely knocked and

sitting behind a desk said in a friendly voice. At the moment, the Lightning Emperor was reading

Wester said as he entered

them?"

no, sir,"

Emperor released a long sigh. "And here I was hoping that I would finally have something positive to report to

the others have been complaining more and more. You know, in the beginning, they actually didn't care

as their towns and cities start to disappear, they suddenly complain. You know, I've tried to get their help for a

to find the Child of Calamity. Honestly, if they had offered their help earlier, we might have

the Lightning Emperor said before he released another sigh. "Let's face it. Several centuries have passed, and the Child of Calamity must have found out about their status. Even more,

a big social circle, and Wester was

the Lightning Emperor didn't have many people to vent

listening to the Lightning

first couple of years, but since we only have access to a couple of Mage Lords

the others had just agreed to search through their own

everyone's willing to help. It took how many

80, sir,"

Lightning Emperor

said. "At least, those are the number of