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.

make a difference in the advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have a more powerful body now? That isn't

Shang remained silent.

to be arrogant in front of an entire category of

say anything further, and Shang also didn't start

darker. Dawn had just arrived, but the sun

that he was now entering the

been inside the Empress Cobra Zone before, and Shang

can tell if there is a lot or only a little of it present,' Shang thought as he looked at

feels wet and cool, which symbolizes the presence of a lot of Water Mana. Although, just looking at the thick

Darkness Mana became thicker and thicker the more

air and blocks the sun, creating a

Shang also noticed that

lakes looked like one would imagine a typical

to the brim with greenery and

other lakes looked

at one lake in

meters across, and its color was a mix

to the poison lake the Poison Adept had

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

the nest of an adult Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind

uttered in

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

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

and more powerful beasts until you will eventually see the Empress Cobra," Duke Whirlwind

Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

looked at Duke Whirlwind with surprise. "You

consider Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the Empress Cobra. Just like them, it can become

the swamp, I noticed the subtle displacement of

nearly all the trees to my south seemed a little bit distorted. I fully focused on my senses, believing that there was a beast

couldn't find anything, and

imprint of a long, slithery body. The trees or vegetation were not damaged

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

just imagined it," Duke Whirlwind said with