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.

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

Shang remained silent.

is wrong, but I think that it is stupid to be arrogant in front of an entire category of people.

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

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

that he was now

had never been inside the Empress Cobra Zone before, and Shang was quite interested in what it looked

I can tell if there is

of Water Mana. Although, just looking at the thick cover of rainclouds

became thicker and

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

group continued, Shang also noticed that

of the lakes looked like one would imagine a typical lake

brim with greenery and dead plant material,

other lakes

at one

only about ten meters across, and its color was a mix of

similar to the poison lake the Poison Adept

or near the lake, and Shang could even see the occasional bone sticking out

of an adult Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind said when he saw Shang's interested

uttered

Eagle Zone, Swamp Millipedes are on the blacklist in the Empress Cobra Zone. They keep the environment nice and poisonous, just as the Darkness and Poison Affinity beasts want it," Duke

the Storm Eagle Zone counted as a protected beast just a couple of kilometers further to the

find more and more powerful beasts until you will

the Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

at Duke Whirlwind

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

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

trees to my south seemed a little bit distorted. I fully focused on

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

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 a slight bit darker, and it was pressed

Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't the Empress Cobra, it could have only been a beast of the

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