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.

he knows about the effects of the procedure, it doesn't make a difference in the advisor's mind. So what if the warriors

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

and Shang also didn't

and the sky grew darker. Dawn

knew that he was now entering the Empress

had never been inside the Empress Cobra Zone before, and

Water Mana, but I can tell if there is a lot or only a little of

of a lot of Water Mana. Although,

became thicker and thicker

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

Shang also noticed that more and more

like one would imagine a typical lake to look

the brim with greenery

lakes looked

at one lake

and its color was

poison lake

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

an adult Swamp Millipede," Duke

Shang uttered in

They keep the environment nice and

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

you will find more and more powerful

seen the Empress

"I think so."

Duke Whirlwind with surprise. "You think

Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the Empress Cobra.

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

I fully focused on my senses, believing that there was a beast that was

matter how much I looked, I couldn't find anything, and the distortion I thought I saw had also

when 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 any way, but the grass just looked a slight bit darker, and it was pressed down just

sure," Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't the Empress Cobra, it could have only been a beast of the

it," Duke Whirlwind said with