Sword God in a World of Magic

Eventually, the world fell back into something that some people might call peace.

Even though Shang was dead, Gregorio was still a massive threat since he could free the Archivist.

So, no one wanted to push Gregorio too far.

For now, it was best to keep things calm and wait until the fateful day.

The war essentially stopped, except for a couple of minor conflicts between some Empires.

The population of Mage Lords started to recover.

No one attacked the Lightning Manor anymore, and the Lightning Manor also didn't expand further than their original borders.

The war was over.

Well, officially, the war was still going on, but nobody was actually fighting.

"You seem quite calm, sir," Wester said as he brought some tea to Gregorio.

Gregorio was reading a couple of books with quite a lot of speed. All of these books were related to Abominations and ways to stop them.

Wester had noticed that Gregorio was reading these kinds of books all the time while also writing several.

Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't be anything strange. After all, that was what Gregorio was doing most of the time.

But these were not normal circumstances.

Shang was dead, and Abaddon was bound to become a Mage Emperor in 24,000 years.

Wester thought that Gregorio would seem more gloomy or pressured.

Yet, he didn't seem different than any other time.

Gregorio raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Wester. "Do I really look calm?" he asked.

"You do, sir," Wester said. "Frighteningly so."

Gregorio just chuckled a bit and looked back at the book without answering.

Wester just raised an eyebrow at Gregorio.

do you

surprised expression appeared on Wester's face. "That's

fell into thought for a bit. "I would call it my

it your home?" Gregorio

the side

hadn't truly thought about these

encompassed a big portion of the Lightning Manor's

talking, criminals committing crimes, Mages

and beauty of life,"

Gregorio said as he continued reading his book. "You know,

answers?" Wester

of them said the

said because this is where they had been living

even

that Emilia?" Wester

"Yes, it

Aterium as our home, but we all view it as our home for different reasons,"

what Abaddon is most

have you noticed that if Abaddon succeeds, not everyone

it, and it is even possible that the variety of life

looked at Wester. "If Abaddon succeeds, would you lose

concern at Gregorio.

accepted the truth, Wester," he said as he looked at this Empire with melancholy in his eyes. "All the others wanted to kill and stop Shang,

what Abaddon has planned. And yet, they still

the only two

it so wrong to give them what they

I wouldn't have thought that you had such a sense of humor," Wester said

Gregorio didn't say anything.

they want?" Wester repeated. "Let the

Wester politely chuckled again.

do. That sounds more like a teenager

yet, there are things that nearly everyone can agree are wrong. I would say destroying the world is among these things. Something like that is as close to being objectively

because one of your plans didn't work doesn't sound like

Silence.

have a duty?" Wester asked. "Don't you think, as the most powerful people, we have a duty to this

reach our current power. I believe the least we could

you already knew