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.

advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have

Shang remained silent.

be arrogant in front of

say anything further, and

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

that he was now entering the

had never been inside the Empress Cobra Zone before, and

if there is a lot or only a little of it present,' Shang thought as

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

also felt that the Darkness Mana became thicker and thicker

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

noticed that more and more small lakes

would imagine a typical

of the lakes were filled to the brim with greenery and dead plant

other lakes looked

at one lake in

ten meters across, and its color

similar to the poison lake the

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

an adult Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind said

Shang uttered in

to the Storm 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 Whirlwind

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

to the south, you will find more and more powerful beasts until

seen the Empress Cobra before?" Shang

"I think so."

Duke Whirlwind with surprise. "You think

Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of

swamp, I noticed the subtle displacement of a little bit of Wind Mana while the Water and

a 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 Stage beast with

I couldn't find anything, and the distortion

sky, I could see a gigantic but subtle imprint of a long, slithery body. The trees or vegetation

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

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