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."

Myriad King took a deep breath, the Starlight Queen's eyes widened, and the Custodian's

at the serious Wester. "Are we sounding the alarm and preparing for

and the other Mage

not present, Wester

to

suddenly asked as he

and Jonathan looked at Shang

that informed us regarding

in complete shock.

why the Ancestor is so

Amarius' expression fell.

of his closest

Dead…

that also explained the Lightning

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

"He stays."

looked at the

He should stay?

elaboration, but Wester didn't say anything as he continued

the Mage Kings just looked at each

all four Mage Kings looked upward

feel that?" Amarius

shot out of their offices and inspected the hallway with their Spirit Senses to see if

mind, I got

Shang hadn't felt anything.

happened?" Shang asked the

Jonathan answered. "That usually only happens

"I only hope this isn't

it?" Sarah asked. "The Ancestor

"but

Wester suddenly said, eliciting looks from the other

the alarm," he said. "The Ancestor is potentially in life-threatening

not powerful enough

us what to do. This is something that he has

me, which means that he is confident that he will return alive. We should trust the Ancestor and await his

Kings looked at

survival. After all, talking about survival implied that there could

The Ancestor?

Dead?

was such a foreign