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.

in the advisor's mind. So

Shang remained silent.

wrong, but I think that 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

Whirlwind didn't say anything further, and Shang

Wind Mana in the atmosphere radically reduced, and the sky grew darker. Dawn had just arrived, but

now entering

Empress Cobra Zone before, and Shang was

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

Water Mana. Although, just looking at the thick

that the Darkness Mana became thicker and thicker the more he

the sun, creating a nearly lightless environment, which gives Darkness Mana a place

continued, Shang also noticed that more and more

like one would imagine a typical lake to

filled to the brim with greenery and dead plant material,

other lakes

looked at one lake

across, and its

similar to the poison lake

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

Millipede," Duke

Shang uttered

Swamp Millipedes are on the blacklist in the Empress Cobra Zone. They keep the environment nice and poisonous, just

four pests in the Storm

more powerful beasts

the Empress Cobra

"I think so."

Duke Whirlwind

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

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

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

find anything, and the distortion I thought I saw had also

I looked at the 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

saw that Empress Cobra, but I can't be sure," Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't the Empress Cobra, it could have

imagined it," Duke Whirlwind said with a