Sword God in a World of Magic

"Sir, do you remember the negotiations regarding the warriors?" Wester asked.

"The ones that are happening right now?" the Lightning Emperor asked.

"They ended a couple of years ago," Wester corrected.

"Huh, already? That's fast."

"Sir, we negotiated for 20 years," Wester commented.

"Oh, that much? I guess time flies when you're having fun," the Lightning Emperor added.

"The negotiations have been finished, and we have received the warriors today. There was also the warrior amongst them that effectively created all the other warriors in the Twilight Dusk Family's territories."

"Wait, you're not telling me that he died, right?" the Lightning Emperor asked.

"No, sir, he didn't die," Wester answered without any annoyance audible in his voice. "In fact, he is standing near the throne room right now."

The Lightning Emperor blinked a couple of times in surprise. Then, he looked at the throne room and directly at Shang.

Shang didn't feel any of this.

"Oh, wow," the Lightning Emperor said in surprise. "Yes, I can see why you're here now."

"Goodness, that's faster than I expected. Did I accidentally get distracted for 10,000 years again?"

"No, sir, you didn't," Wester calmly answered.

"I wonder how he managed to get a fivefold Spirit Sense without another Empire helping them. That seems almost impossible. Say, Wester, did we have a hand in that?" the Lightning Emperor said.

"He was already like that when he got here, sir," Wester answered. "I can ask him about how he managed to do that."

"No," the Lightning Emperor said with a voice that hid a bit of excitement. "I hadn't had the chance to use this Spell in a long time. Let me have some fun."

"Of course, sir," Wester answered.

Then, the Lightning Emperor closed his eyes, and his mouth very slowly recited complex words.

to change, but Wester could tell that reality around them

waves extended from the Lightning Emperor's library

didn't notice

a moment later, they

time, the waves had different forms and different colors than

white, but there were also very few blue

seconds, all the waves vanished, and the Lightning Emperor

Lightning

put his book away and put his hand on his

but deep inside, he was

were very few things that could motivate the Lightning Emperor to actually take things seriously. Most

was rare to

Lightning Emperor remained silent for

"Difficult," he said.

mean, sir?"

Lightning Emperor said. "He is almost as apathetic as a cold

surprised Wester quite a bit. The Lightning Emperor was over 300,000 years old, and he had

the most motivated person the Lightning Emperor

the Mage God?" Wester

Lightning Emperor nodded. "Lucius might have been very hardworking, but

interest in anything else. Power is the only thing

"For what?" Wester asked.

Emperor answered. "Power for power's sake, an empty

does not know loyalty, humanity, happiness, or empathy. If he gets a chance to increase his power in exchange

he wins the grand tournament and becomes the first Warrior King in

refining his power, and he will do everything in his power to become a

entire

bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way, you could also give him the title of Child of Calamity, but for

him, he will

Silence.

sounds familiar," Wester

nodded with a frown. "Yes, he's

how he became so strong without backing,"

Silence.