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.

but Wester could tell that

the Lightning Emperor's library and extended toward

notice any of

seemed to surround Shang, and a moment later, they traveled

different forms

were either black or white, but there were also

all the waves vanished, and

the Lightning Emperor

book away and put his

didn't change, but deep inside, he was quite

actually take things seriously. Most of the time, he

to

remained silent

"Difficult," he said.

do you mean, sir?"

is nearly unique," the Lightning Emperor said. "He is almost as apathetic as a cold piece of steel, but he is also the most motivated person I have

Lightning Emperor was over 300,000 years

the throne room was the most motivated person the Lightning Emperor

that include the

been very hardworking, but he also enjoyed

in anything else. Power is the only thing that interests

"For what?" Wester asked.

Lightning Emperor answered. "Power for power's sake, an empty goal. He is living

If he gets a chance to increase his power in exchange for

the first Warrior King in 300,000 years, he won't just

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

he will sacrifice the entire world and

breath. "If he survives, he will one day bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way, you

nurture him, he will end up endangering

Silence.

familiar,"

Lightning Emperor nodded with a frown. "Yes, he's almost just like

explains how he became so

Silence.