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.

doesn't make a difference in the advisor's mind. So what if the warriors have a more powerful body now?

Shang remained silent.

arrogant in front

further, and

two minutes later, the Wind Mana in the atmosphere radically reduced, and the sky grew darker. Dawn had

was now

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

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

of a lot of Water Mana. Although, just looking at the thick cover

that the Darkness Mana became thicker and thicker the more

the sun, creating a nearly

continued, Shang also noticed that more and

would

the brim with greenery

lakes looked completely

one lake

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

looked very similar to the poison lake the Poison Adept

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

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

Shang uttered in

They keep the environment nice and poisonous,

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

further to the south, you will find more and more powerful beasts until you will

you seen the Empress

"I think so."

Duke Whirlwind

of

I noticed the subtle displacement of a

noticed that parts of the sky and nearly all the trees to my south seemed a little bit distorted. I fully focused on my senses, believing that there

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

see a gigantic but subtle imprint of a long, slithery body. The trees or

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

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