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.

about the effects of the procedure, it doesn't make a difference in the advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have a more powerful body now? That isn't nearly

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 can create miracles with nearly

anything further, and Shang also didn't start

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

knew that he was now entering the Empress

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

there is a lot

the presence of a lot of Water Mana. Although, just looking at the thick cover of rainclouds should

felt that the Darkness Mana became

the air and blocks the sun, creating a nearly

also noticed

looked like one would imagine a typical lake

with greenery and dead plant

other lakes looked completely

at one lake in

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

very similar to the poison lake the

near the lake, and Shang could even see the

an adult Swamp Millipede," Duke

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

one of the big four pests in the Storm Eagle Zone counted as a

to the south, you will find more and more

you seen the Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

Duke Whirlwind with

grand-grand-grand-nephews of the Empress Cobra. Just like them,

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

little bit distorted. I fully focused on my senses, believing that there was a beast that was trying to ambush me. Maybe it was a True Path

no matter how much I looked, I couldn't find anything,

of a long, slithery body. The trees or vegetation were not damaged in any way, but the grass

be sure," Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't the Empress

Whirlwind said with a