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

Shang remained silent.

stupid to be arrogant in front of

didn't say anything further, and

Dawn had just arrived, but the sun

he was now

Zone before, and Shang was quite interested in what

Water Mana, but I can tell if there is a lot or only a little of it present,' Shang thought as he looked at the

of a lot of Water Mana. Although, just looking at

Darkness Mana became thicker and

gathers together high in the air and blocks the sun, creating a nearly lightless environment, which gives

continued, Shang also noticed

one would imagine a

brim with greenery

other lakes looked

looked at one lake in

about ten meters across, and its color

similar to the poison

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

Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind

uttered

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

and ironic that one of the big four pests in the Storm Eagle Zone counted as

south, you will find more and more powerful beasts until you will eventually see

the Empress Cobra

"I think so."

Duke Whirlwind

as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the Empress Cobra. Just

searching for something near the south of the swamp, I noticed the subtle displacement of a little bit of Wind Mana while

parts of the sky and nearly all the trees to my south seemed a little bit distorted. I fully focused on my senses, believing that there was a beast

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

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 damaged in any way, but the grass just looked

Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't

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