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.

difference in the advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have a more

Shang remained silent.

huh?' 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

anything further, and Shang also didn't start

the atmosphere radically reduced, and the sky grew darker. Dawn had just arrived, but the sun was barely visible due to all the

now entering

Empress Cobra Zone before, and Shang

can tell if there is a lot or only a little of it present,' Shang thought as he

cool, which symbolizes the presence of a lot of Water Mana. Although, just looking at the

that the Darkness Mana became thicker and

the sun, creating a nearly lightless environment, which gives Darkness

Shang also noticed that more and

lakes looked like one would imagine a

of the lakes were filled to the brim with greenery and

other lakes

one

across, and its color was a mix of brown and

very similar to the poison lake the Poison Adept

on or near the lake, and Shang

Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind said when he saw Shang's

Shang uttered

are on the blacklist in the Empress Cobra Zone. They keep the environment nice and poisonous, just as the

the big four pests in the Storm

you go further to the south, you will find more and more powerful beasts until

seen the Empress Cobra

"I think so."

at Duke Whirlwind with

nodded. "You could consider Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the

I noticed the subtle displacement of a little bit of Wind Mana while the Water and Darkness Mana

bit distorted. I fully focused on my senses, believing that there was a beast that was trying to ambush me. Maybe it was

looked, I couldn't find anything, and the distortion I thought I

the area from high in the sky, I could see a gigantic but subtle imprint of a long, slithery body. The trees or vegetation were not

saw that Empress Cobra, but I can't be sure," Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't the Empress Cobra, it could have

said with a smile. "The signs were