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

the Lightning Emperor's library and extended toward

didn't notice

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

had different forms

or white, but

the waves vanished, and

Lightning

and put his hand on

didn't change, but deep

take things

to see

remained silent

"Difficult," he said.

do you mean,

as a cold piece of steel,

bit. The Lightning Emperor was over 300,000

this warrior in the throne room was the most

that include the

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

interest in anything else.

"For what?" Wester asked.

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

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

wins the grand tournament and becomes the first Warrior King

will continue refining his power, and he will do

will sacrifice the entire world and

Emperor took a deep breath. "If he survives, he will one day bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way, you could also give him the title of

him, he will end up

Silence.

sounds familiar,"

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

he became so strong without backing," Wester

Silence.