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.

change, but Wester could tell that reality around them

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

notice

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

time, the waves had different forms and different colors than

either black or white, but there were

vanished,

Lightning Emperor

away and put his hand on his chin with a

deep inside, he was

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

to see him this

Lightning Emperor remained

"Difficult," he said.

do you mean,

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

over 300,000 years old,

the most motivated person the

include the Mage

Lightning Emperor nodded. "Lucius might have been very hardworking, but he also enjoyed talking to his

anything else. Power is the only

"For what?" Wester asked.

power's sake, an empty goal. He is living for walking

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

and becomes the first

do

entire world

Aterium. In a way, you could also

we nurture him, he will end up endangering

Silence.

familiar,"

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

explains how he became so strong without backing,"

Silence.