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.

the procedure, it doesn't make a difference in the advisor's mind. So what if

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

anything further, and Shang

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

now entering the Empress

before, and Shang was quite

not be able to feel Wind or Water Mana, but I can tell if there is a lot or only a little of it present,'

Water Mana. Although, just looking at the thick cover of

Mana became thicker and

blocks the sun, creating a

the group continued, Shang also noticed that more and more small lakes

like one would imagine a typical lake to

the lakes were filled to the brim with greenery and dead plant material, essentially creating

lakes looked completely

looked at one lake

its color was a

looked very similar to the poison lake

plants visible on or near the lake, and Shang could even

nest of an adult Swamp Millipede," Duke

Shang uttered in

Empress Cobra Zone. They keep the environment nice and poisonous, just as the Darkness and Poison

felt it quite amusing and ironic that one of the big four pests in the Storm Eagle

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

Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

looked at Duke Whirlwind with surprise. "You think

Whirlwind nodded. "You could consider Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of

the subtle displacement of a little

focused on my senses, believing that there was a beast that was trying to ambush me. Maybe it was a True Path Stage beast

couldn't find anything, and

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 any way, but the grass just looked

Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't

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