Sword God in a World of Magic

Inside the Lightning Manor, the Custodian, the Starlight Queen, the Myriad King, and Shang were waiting for further orders.

Naturally, Shang wasn't actually really waiting for orders. He kind of was just here because he happened to be the one that "found out" that Queen Primordium had died.

Shang wasn't sure if he should just leave or wait here.

In the end, he decided to wait like everyone else, even though he didn't really fit in with the three Mage Kings.

None of them knew what was going on.

They had been waiting for several minutes with nothing happening, which could mean anything.

Whoom!

Suddenly, a portal opened up beside them.

BANG!

The air in the hallway blew to the side as a person arrived there at insane speeds.

The person stumbled and nearly fell before they turned around and smiled awkwardly into the portal.

"Let's catch up later, okay?" they said.

"Stop-"

And the portal closed before the person on the other side could say anything.

The person that had arrived in the middle of the hallway cleaned the sweat off their forehead with a nervous chuckle and looked at the people gathered around them.

The three Mage Kings looked at the new person with intense eyes.

The newest person was a man with blonde hair, wearing the typical purple robes of the Lightning Manor.

Shang had seen an image of that person before.

It was Amarius, the Dawnlight King, the leader of the Diplomacy Department.

Amarius looked at the others and just laughed bitterly. "Well, either I have to go to the Judgment Palace all the time from now on or not at all. Depends on the outcome."

The Custodian looked at Amarius. "I presume the Ancestor is near the Judgment Palace right now?"

"He sure is," Amarius said with a cough. "He just killed two of their Mage Kings."

the Starlight Queen's

he looked at the serious Wester. "Are we

and the other Mage Kings looked at

Lightning Emperor not present, Wester

to hear Wester's

Amarius suddenly asked as he

Jonathan looked at Shang for a

the one that informed us regarding

in complete shock.

nodded. "That's why the Ancestor is so

Amarius' expression fell.

his

Dead…

explained the

said as he looked at Shang. "I don't think you need

"He stays."

Kings looked at the Custodian, who had just spoken

He should stay?

elaboration, but Wester didn't say anything as

the end, the Mage Kings just looked

all four Mage Kings looked upward with shocked

you feel that?" Amarius

inspected the hallway with their Spirit Senses to see if something

I got

Shang hadn't felt anything.

Shang asked the Myriad

Jonathan answered. "That usually

hope this isn't related

could it?" Sarah asked. "The

"but the timing

suddenly said,

are not sounding the alarm," he said. "The Ancestor is

of us are not

will return, and he will tell us what to do. This

the need to tell me, which means that he is confident that he will return alive. We should trust the Ancestor and

other Mage Kings

the Ancestor's survival. After all, talking about survival implied that there

The Ancestor?

Dead?

was such