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 reality around them was

the Lightning

didn't notice any

and a moment later, they traveled

waves had different forms and different colors

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

seconds, all the waves vanished, and

the Lightning Emperor

put his hand on his chin with

didn't change, but deep inside, he was quite

to actually take things seriously. Most of the time, he was very

to see him this

Lightning Emperor remained silent for several

"Difficult," he said.

mean,

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

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

was the most motivated person the Lightning Emperor had ever

include the Mage God?"

might have been very hardworking, but he also enjoyed talking

interest in anything else. Power is the only thing that interests him

"For what?" Wester asked.

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

gets a chance to increase his power in exchange

tournament and becomes the first Warrior King in 300,000

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

necessary, he will sacrifice the entire world and kill every

Emperor took 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

will end

Silence.

sounds familiar," Wester

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

became so strong

Silence.