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.

advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have a more powerful body now? That isn't nearly enough to close

Shang remained silent.

front of an

further, and Shang also didn't

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

was now

Cobra Zone before, and Shang was

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

the presence of a lot of Water Mana. Although, just looking

that the Darkness Mana became thicker and thicker the more

and blocks the sun, creating a nearly lightless environment, which

group continued, Shang also noticed that

looked like one would imagine a typical

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

lakes looked completely

looked at one lake in

its color was a mix

to the poison

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

the nest of an adult Swamp Millipede," Duke Whirlwind said when he saw Shang's

Shang uttered

comparison to the Storm Eagle Zone, Swamp Millipedes are on the blacklist in the Empress Cobra Zone. They keep the

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

you will find more and more

Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

looked at Duke Whirlwind with surprise. "You think

as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the

night while searching for something near the south of the swamp, I noticed the subtle displacement of a little bit of Wind Mana while the Water

my south seemed a little bit distorted. I fully focused on my senses, believing that there was a beast that was trying to ambush me. Maybe it was a True Path Stage beast

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

in the sky, I could see a gigantic but subtle imprint of a long, slithery body. The trees or vegetation were not damaged

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

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