Sword God in a World of Magic

The group continued running, and after a couple of minutes, they saw a huge green castle.

The Wild Forest was still visible to the south, but it didn't reach the huge castle.

Shang could tell that the castle was entirely made out of Commander Stage ore, which definitely wasn't cheap. One could even call it wasteful to create such a huge castle out of Commander Stage ore. If used for weapons, this castle could equip thousands of Commander Stage warriors with a full set of armor and weapons.

It wasn't difficult to guess who lived here.

"Everyone, please wait at the entrance. I have to say goodbye to my replacement for today," Duke Whirlwind said with a smile.

Then, Duke Whirlwind passed by the bowing guards, who were True Mages, and entered.

Yes, this was Duke Whirlwind's home.

'All of this ore has the Wind Affinity,' Shang thought. 'I can imagine that comprehending Wind Spells and mastering Wind Mana in such a place would give double the reward for half the effort.'

Everyone waited for a couple of minutes until Duke Whirlwind returned with a smile. "Let's continue," he said before he activated the Blessing of Wind again.

And then, everyone continued toward the northeast.

"Might I ask who your replacement is?" Shang asked.

"It's one of King Skythunder's advisors," Duke Whirlwind said. "He doesn't need to do much and only needs to take care of any threats that are beyond the capabilities of my subjects. Most likely, he will just stay in my house and meditate all day."

Shang nodded. "And he wasn't interested in seeing this group of new warriors?" Shang asked.

Duke Whirlwind only chuckled a bit. "Shang, you've lived your entire adult life in Warrior's Paradise, a city made for warriors. Everything inside Warrior's Paradise revolves around warriors."

"You should know that, outside my territory, warriors are seen as lower-class people."

Shang didn't answer.

"Many Mages know that it is polite and appropriate to treat a warrior like they would treat Mages, but there are enough Mages that don't follow that policy."

"Why should they talk to someone beneath them? It's just a waste of their time, at least in their mind," Duke Whirlwind explained.

advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have a more powerful body now? That isn't nearly enough to

Shang remained silent.

Shang thought. 'I don't think arrogance is wrong, but I think that it is stupid to be arrogant in front of an entire category of people. People are too diverse, and a lot of people can create miracles with nearly

further, and

minutes later, the Wind Mana in the atmosphere radically reduced, and the sky grew darker. Dawn had just arrived, but the

was now entering

before, and Shang was

feel Wind or Water Mana, but I can tell if there is a lot or only a little of it present,' Shang thought

lot of Water Mana. Although, just

Darkness Mana became thicker and thicker the

in the air and blocks the sun, creating a nearly lightless environment, which gives Darkness Mana

also noticed that more

would imagine a typical lake to

lakes were filled to the brim with greenery

other lakes looked

one lake

meters across, and its color

similar to the poison

or near the lake, and Shang could even see the occasional bone sticking out of

Millipede," Duke

uttered in

They keep the environment nice and

the big four pests in the Storm Eagle Zone counted as a protected beast

the south, you will find more and more powerful beasts until you will eventually see the Empress Cobra,"

Empress Cobra before?" Shang

"I think so."

Duke Whirlwind with surprise.

nodded. "You could consider Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the Empress Cobra. Just like them,

the subtle displacement of

little bit distorted. I fully focused on my senses, believing that

looked, I couldn't find anything,

imprint of a long, slithery body. The trees or vegetation were not damaged in any way, but the grass just looked a slight bit

I can't be sure," Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't the

imagined it," Duke Whirlwind said with a smile. "The signs were very