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.

could tell that reality around them

from the Lightning Emperor's library and extended toward

didn't notice any

seemed to surround Shang, and a moment

time, the waves had different forms

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

waves vanished, and the Lightning Emperor

Lightning Emperor

away and put his

change, but deep

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

to see

remained

"Difficult," he said.

do you mean, sir?"

is almost as apathetic as a

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

the most

include the Mage God?" Wester

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

interest in anything else. Power is

"For what?" Wester asked.

sake, an empty goal. He

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

he wins the grand tournament and becomes the first Warrior King in 300,000 years, he won't just

will do everything in his power to become

will sacrifice the entire world and kill every living

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 Child of Calamity, but for a different

nurture him, he will end up endangering

Silence.

sounds familiar," Wester

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

explains how he became so strong

Silence.