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.

about the effects of the procedure, it doesn't make a difference in the advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have a more powerful body now? That isn't nearly enough

Shang remained silent.

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

say anything further, and Shang

grew darker. Dawn had just arrived, but the sun was barely visible due to all the clouds that

knew that he was now entering the

had never been inside the Empress Cobra Zone before, and Shang was quite interested in what

there is a lot or only a

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

Mana became thicker and thicker the

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

also noticed that more

of the lakes looked like one would

with greenery and dead plant material, essentially creating a

other lakes looked

one

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

looked very similar to the poison lake

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

adult Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind said when he saw

uttered in

Zone. They

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

more powerful beasts until you will eventually

the Empress

"I think so."

looked at Duke Whirlwind with surprise.

of the Empress Cobra. Just like them, it

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

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

no matter how much I looked, I couldn't find anything,

body. The trees or vegetation were not damaged in any way,

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

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