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.

change, but Wester could

from the

didn't notice

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

time, the waves had different forms and different colors than

waves were either black or white, but there were also

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

the Lightning Emperor

his hand

but deep inside,

take things seriously. Most of

to see him

Emperor remained silent

"Difficult," he said.

mean, sir?"

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

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

in the throne room was the most motivated person the Lightning Emperor had ever

include the Mage

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

has zero interest in anything else.

"For what?" Wester asked.

Lightning 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 for betraying everyone

and becomes the first Warrior King in 300,000 years, he

refining his power, and he will do everything in

the entire world and

breath. "If he survives, he will one day bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way, you could also give him the title of Child of Calamity, but for a

nurture him, he will end up endangering the

Silence.

sounds familiar," Wester

with a frown. "Yes, he's

how he became so strong

Silence.