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

slow waves extended from the Lightning

notice any

a moment later, they traveled back to the Lightning

this time, the waves had different forms

were either black or white, but there were also very few blue and

some seconds, all the waves vanished, and the Lightning Emperor opened his

the Lightning

and put his hand on his

but deep inside, he was quite

take things

rare to see him

Emperor remained silent for

"Difficult," he said.

mean, sir?" Wester

as a cold piece of steel, but he is also the most motivated

quite a bit. The Lightning Emperor was over 300,000 years old, and

the most motivated person the Lightning

the

"Lucius might have been very hardworking, but he also

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

"For what?" Wester asked.

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

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

and becomes the first Warrior

will continue refining his power, and he will do everything in his

necessary, he will sacrifice the entire world and

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

him, he will

Silence.

sounds familiar,"

Emperor nodded with a frown. "Yes,

explains how he became so

Silence.