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.

of the procedure, it doesn't make a difference in the advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have a more powerful body

Shang remained silent.

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

and Shang also didn't

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

that he was now entering the

never been inside the Empress Cobra Zone before, and Shang was quite interested

but I can tell if there is a lot

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

Mana became thicker and thicker the more he

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

group continued, Shang also noticed that more and more small

like one would imagine a typical

to the brim with greenery and dead plant material,

other lakes

looked at one lake in

across, and its color was a mix of brown

to the poison lake the Poison

or near the lake, and Shang could

nest of an adult Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind said when he saw

uttered in

Zone. They keep the environment nice and poisonous, just as the Darkness and Poison Affinity beasts want it," Duke Whirlwind

Storm Eagle Zone counted as

you will find more and more powerful beasts until

seen the Empress

"I think so."

looked at Duke Whirlwind with surprise. "You think

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

the south of the swamp, I noticed the subtle displacement of a little bit

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 senses, believing that there was a beast that was trying to ambush

I couldn't find anything,

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 a slight bit

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

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