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.

Wester could tell that reality around them was

waves extended from the

didn't notice

waves slowly seemed to surround Shang, and a moment later, they traveled back

different forms and different colors than

either black or white, but

vanished, and the Lightning

Lightning

put his book away and put his hand on

didn't change, but deep inside, he

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

was rare to

Emperor remained

"Difficult," he said.

you mean,

"He is almost as apathetic as a cold piece of steel, but he

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

the throne room was the most

include the Mage God?" Wester

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

hand, has zero interest in anything else. Power is the only thing that interests

"For what?" Wester asked.

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

humanity, happiness, or empathy. If he gets a chance to increase his power in exchange for

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

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

sacrifice the entire world and kill every living

will one day bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way, you could also give him the title of Child of Calamity,

will end up endangering

Silence.

sounds familiar,"

with a frown. "Yes, he's almost

became so

Silence.