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.

mind. So what

Shang remained silent.

Shang thought. 'I don't think arrogance is wrong, but I think that it is stupid to be arrogant in front of an entire category

say anything further, and Shang also didn't start

Dawn had just arrived, but the sun was barely visible due to all the clouds

now

before, and Shang was quite interested in what

able to feel Wind or Water Mana, but I can tell if there is a lot or only a little

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

felt that the Darkness Mana became thicker and thicker the more he

sun, creating a nearly lightless environment,

continued, Shang also noticed that more

lakes looked like one would imagine a typical

filled to the brim with greenery and dead plant material,

lakes looked completely

at one

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

the poison lake the

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

adult Swamp Millipede," Duke

uttered in

Eagle Zone, Swamp Millipedes are on the blacklist in the Empress Cobra Zone. They keep the

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

south, you will find more and more powerful

Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

Whirlwind with surprise. "You

nodded. "You could consider Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the Empress Cobra. Just like them, it can

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

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 me.

I looked, I couldn't find anything, and the distortion I

area from high in the sky, I could see a gigantic but subtle imprint of a long, slithery body. The trees or vegetation

"If it wasn't the Empress Cobra, it could

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