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

and slow waves extended from the Lightning Emperor's library and

didn't notice

waves slowly seemed to surround Shang, and a

this time, the waves had different forms and different

or white, but there were also very

waves vanished, and the

the Lightning Emperor

put his book away and put his hand on his chin

change, but deep inside, he was quite

very few things that could motivate the Lightning Emperor to actually take things seriously. Most of the time, he was very lazy and joked

rare to see him this

Emperor remained

"Difficult," he said.

you mean,

almost as apathetic as a cold piece of steel, but he

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

room was the most motivated person

the Mage

nodded. "Lucius might have been very

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

"For what?" Wester asked.

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

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

and becomes the first Warrior King in 300,000 years, he

continue refining his power, and he will do everything in his power

he will sacrifice the entire world and

unto Aterium. In a way, you could also give him the

we nurture him, he will end up endangering the

Silence.

familiar," Wester

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

how he became so strong without backing,"

Silence.