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.

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

Shang remained silent.

in front of an entire category of people. People are too diverse, and a lot of people can create miracles

anything further, and Shang also didn't start the conversation

atmosphere radically reduced, and the sky grew darker. Dawn had just arrived, but the sun was barely

was now entering

Empress Cobra Zone before, and Shang was quite interested in what

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

which symbolizes the presence of a lot of Water Mana. Although,

Mana became

sun, creating a nearly lightless environment, which

the group continued, Shang also noticed

like one would imagine a typical lake

with

other lakes

one lake in

only about ten meters across, and its

to the poison lake the Poison

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

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

uttered

Storm Eagle Zone, Swamp Millipedes are on the blacklist in the Empress Cobra Zone. They keep the environment nice and poisonous, just as the Darkness and Poison

pests in the Storm Eagle

will find more and more powerful beasts

you seen the Empress Cobra before?"

"I think so."

looked at Duke Whirlwind with surprise.

consider Vanishing Snakes as grand-grand-grand-nephews of the Empress Cobra. Just like them, it can become practically

the swamp, I noticed the subtle displacement of a little bit of Wind

and nearly all the trees to 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.

couldn't find anything,

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

but I can't be sure," Duke Whirlwind said. "If it wasn't the Empress Cobra, it could have only been

imagined it," Duke Whirlwind said