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."

King took a deep breath, the Starlight Queen's eyes

at the serious Wester. "Are we sounding the alarm

into thought, and the

present, Wester was the

wanted to hear

that guy?" Amarius suddenly asked as

and Jonathan looked at Shang for a

that informed us

what?!" Amarius suddenly shouted in complete shock. "Vana

"That's why the

Amarius' expression fell.

his

Dead…

explained the Lightning

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

"He stays."

the Custodian,

He should stay?

others waited for elaboration, but Wester didn't say anything as he continued thinking

Kings just looked

Kings looked

you feel that?"

their offices and inspected the hallway with their Spirit Senses

got my

Shang hadn't felt anything.

Shang asked the Myriad

Mana has changed," Jonathan answered. "That usually only happens

hope this isn't related to

could it?" Sarah asked. "The

Jonathan answered, "but the

decision," Wester suddenly said, eliciting looks

alarm," he said. "The

not powerful enough to

will tell us what to do. This is something that he

that he didn't feel the need to tell me, which means that he is confident that he will return alive. We

other Mage Kings looked at each

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

The Ancestor?

Dead?

was such a foreign