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 reality around

the Lightning

didn't notice any of

a moment later, they traveled back to the

the waves had different

but

the waves vanished, and the Lightning Emperor opened

the Lightning

his hand on his chin

deep inside, he

very few things that could motivate the Lightning Emperor to actually take things seriously. Most of the time,

to see him this

Lightning Emperor remained

"Difficult," he said.

mean, sir?"

as a cold piece of steel,

Lightning Emperor was over 300,000 years old, and he had seen

the throne room was the most motivated

the Mage God?"

might have been very hardworking, but

zero interest in anything else.

"For what?" Wester asked.

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

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

grand tournament and becomes the first Warrior King

and he will do everything in his power to become a Warrior

he will sacrifice the entire world and kill

"If he survives, he will one day bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way, you could also give him

nurture him, he will end up

Silence.

familiar," Wester

with a frown. "Yes, he's almost

how he became so strong without backing," Wester

Silence.