@Lightbrand From what I'm reading from this chapter and the next, Magic Kings are a natural law of the universe, a tool used to destroy parallel worlds as part of a cycle of rebirth. The father of Lilith, because of his theme based on Lust, did not feel satisfied just being a cog in the machine...
@sdarkpaladin yeah, translation for the series has always been functional but a little off. I think the witch is basically saying to the Swordmaster, "You may be the greatest hero of this age, but a new age of magic and innovation/revolution has come."
@custynee tbf jury's still out on that possibility later down the road. And if Sekai's conjucture is correct and the dragon is actually the main character of the "game," then it makes a lot of sense for the dragon to have a human form