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.

to change, but Wester could tell that reality around them was

slow waves extended from the Lightning Emperor's

didn't notice any

slowly seemed to surround Shang, and a moment

waves had different

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

all the waves vanished, and the Lightning Emperor

the Lightning

and put his hand on his

deep

things that could motivate the Lightning Emperor to actually take things seriously. Most

was rare to see him

Lightning Emperor remained silent for several

"Difficult," he said.

do you mean, sir?" Wester

as a cold piece of steel, but he

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

the most motivated person the

that include the Mage God?" Wester

been very hardworking, but he

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

"For what?" Wester asked.

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

that does not know loyalty, humanity, happiness, or empathy. If he gets a chance to increase his power in exchange for betraying everyone

wins the grand tournament and becomes the first Warrior King in 300,000

refining his power, and he will do everything in his

the entire world and kill every living

deep breath. "If he survives, he will one day bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way,

we nurture him, he will end up endangering

Silence.

familiar," Wester

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

how he became so strong without backing," Wester

Silence.