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.

effects of the procedure, it doesn't make a difference in the advisor's mind. So what

Shang remained silent.

it is stupid to be arrogant in front of an entire category of people. People are too diverse, and a lot of people

Whirlwind didn't say anything further, and Shang also didn't start the conversation

atmosphere radically reduced, and the sky grew darker. Dawn had

he was now entering the Empress Cobra

before,

tell if there is a lot or

air feels wet and cool, which symbolizes the presence of a lot of Water Mana. Although, just looking at the thick cover of rainclouds should already be

Mana became thicker

creating

Shang also noticed that more and

like one would imagine a typical lake to

lakes were filled to the brim with greenery and dead plant material, essentially creating a

lakes

one

ten meters across, and its color was a mix of brown

to the poison

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

adult Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind said when he

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 ironic that one of the big four pests in the Storm Eagle Zone counted as a protected beast

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

you seen the Empress Cobra

"I think so."

at Duke Whirlwind with surprise.

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

displacement of a little bit

bit distorted. I fully focused

couldn't find anything, and the distortion I thought I saw had

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

said. "If it wasn't the Empress

Whirlwind said with a smile. "The signs were very