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.

seemed to change, but Wester could tell that reality around them was

extended from the

notice any

slowly seemed to surround Shang, and a moment later, they traveled back to the

this time, the waves had different forms and different colors than

or white, but

the waves vanished, and

the Lightning Emperor

put his book away and put his hand on his chin with

change, but deep inside, he was quite

Lightning Emperor to actually take things seriously.

was rare to see

Emperor remained silent for several

"Difficult," he said.

do you mean, sir?" Wester

is almost as apathetic as a cold piece of steel, but he

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

was the most motivated person

include the Mage God?" Wester

Emperor nodded. "Lucius might have been very hardworking, but he also enjoyed talking to

hand, has zero interest in anything else. Power is the only thing

"For what?" Wester asked.

power's sake, an empty goal. He is

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

he wins the grand tournament and becomes the first Warrior King in 300,000

and he will do everything in

he will sacrifice the entire

he survives, he will one day bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way, you could

nurture him, he will

Silence.

sounds familiar,"

with a frown. "Yes, he's

he became so

Silence.