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.

seemed to change, but Wester could tell that

the Lightning Emperor's library and extended toward

didn't notice any of

Shang, and a moment later,

time, the waves had different

or white, but there were also

vanished, and

Lightning

away and put his hand on

but deep

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

to see

Emperor remained silent

"Difficult," he said.

do you mean, sir?" Wester

Lightning Emperor said. "He is almost as apathetic as a cold piece of steel, but he is also the most motivated person I have

was over 300,000 years old, and he had seen a lot

in the throne room was the most motivated person the Lightning Emperor

the Mage

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

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

"For what?" Wester asked.

"Power for power's sake, an empty

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

the first Warrior King in 300,000

will do everything in

entire world and

calamity unto Aterium. In a way,

will end up endangering the entire

Silence.

familiar,"

with a frown. "Yes, he's almost

he became so strong

Silence.