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 tell that

extended from the Lightning

notice

Shang, and a moment later, they

this time, the waves had different

either black or white, but there were

vanished, and the Lightning Emperor opened his

Lightning

away and put his hand

didn't change, but deep

motivate the Lightning Emperor to actually take things seriously. Most of the time,

was rare to see him

Lightning Emperor remained silent

"Difficult," he said.

you mean, sir?" Wester

unique," the Lightning Emperor said. "He is almost as apathetic as a cold piece of steel, but he is also the

was over 300,000 years old, and he

this warrior in the throne room was the

that include the Mage God?" Wester

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

warrior, on the other hand, has zero interest in anything else.

"For what?" Wester asked.

power," the Lightning Emperor answered. "Power for power's sake,

If he gets a chance to increase his power in exchange for betraying everyone he considers connected to him,

becomes the first Warrior King in 300,000

do everything in his power to become a

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 the title of Child of

nurture him, he will end up endangering the entire

Silence.

sounds familiar," Wester

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

he became so strong without backing,"

Silence.