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

slow waves extended from the

notice any

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

waves had different

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

the waves vanished,

Lightning Emperor

put his hand on

change, but deep inside, he

were very few things that could motivate the Lightning Emperor to actually take things seriously. Most of the

to see

remained

"Difficult," he said.

mean, sir?"

as apathetic as a cold piece of steel, but he

was over 300,000 years old,

throne room was the most

that include the Mage God?"

have been very hardworking, but

the other hand, has zero interest in anything else. Power

"For what?" Wester asked.

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

empathy. If he gets a chance to

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

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

the entire world and kill every living

Lightning Emperor took a deep breath. "If he survives, he will one day bring a calamity unto Aterium. In a way, you could

him, he will end up endangering the entire

Silence.

sounds familiar," Wester

with a frown. "Yes,

how he became so strong

Silence.