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 powerful

Shang remained silent.

to be arrogant in front of an entire category of people. People are

didn't say anything further, and Shang also didn't

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

knew that he was now entering the Empress Cobra

before, and Shang was quite interested

but I can tell if there is a lot

feels wet and cool, which symbolizes the presence of a lot of Water Mana. Although,

also felt that the Darkness Mana became

sun, creating a nearly lightless environment,

the group continued, Shang also noticed that more and more

looked like one would imagine a typical

to the brim with greenery

other lakes looked

at one lake

and its color was a mix of brown and

looked very similar to the poison

were only very, very few plants visible on or near the lake, and Shang could even see the occasional bone sticking

Duke Whirlwind said when he saw Shang's interested

uttered in

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

in the Storm Eagle Zone counted as a protected beast just a couple of

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

seen the Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

at Duke Whirlwind with

consider Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the Empress Cobra. Just like them, it can become practically

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

and I noticed that parts of the sky and nearly all the trees to my south seemed a little bit distorted. I fully focused on my

how much I looked, I couldn't find anything, and the

body. The trees or vegetation were not damaged in any way, but the grass just looked a slight bit darker, and it was

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

have just imagined it," Duke Whirlwind said with a smile. "The