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 the warriors have a more powerful body now? That isn't nearly enough to close the

Shang remained silent.

in front of an entire category of people. People are too

Whirlwind didn't say anything further, and Shang also

Wind Mana in the atmosphere radically reduced, and the sky grew darker. Dawn had just arrived, but the sun was barely visible due to all the clouds that

was now

Zone before, and

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

which symbolizes the presence of a lot of Water Mana. Although, just looking at the thick cover of rainclouds should already

Mana became thicker and thicker the

in the air and blocks the sun, creating a nearly lightless environment, which gives

Shang also noticed

of the lakes looked like one would imagine a typical lake to

the lakes were filled to the brim with greenery and

other lakes looked completely

looked at one

and its color was a

poison lake the Poison Adept had

on or near the lake, and Shang could even see the occasional bone sticking out

Millipede," Duke Whirlwind said when he

Shang uttered

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

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

you will find more and more powerful beasts

seen the Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

Whirlwind with surprise. "You think

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

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

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

matter how much I looked, I couldn't find anything, and the distortion I

The trees or vegetation were not damaged in any way, but the grass just looked a slight bit darker,

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

said with a