Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at the thing that Duke Whirlwind had called a castle.

On the horizon, Shang could see a gigantic, white dome.

It was three kilometers long and nearly two kilometers high. In a way, it looked like a gigantic hill without any vegetation.

And that was supposed to be King Skythunder's castle?

In Shang's mind, having a huge dome as a castle didn't fit King Skythunder at all. After all, King Skythunder had a Wind and Lightning Affinity. Those Affinities were related more to spiky than round things.

As the group continued traveling, Shang kept looking at the dome.

For some reason, it wasn't entirely even.

There were some ridges here and there. On top of that, the ridges didn't seem entirely man-made.

That was when Shang remembered something, and his mind made a connection.

'Wait, could that be?'

"Is this an exoskeleton?" Shang asked.

Duke Whirlwind looked with surprise at Shang.

And then, he smirked. "Quite smart, Shang," he said. "Yes, this is the exoskeleton of the Ancestor Queen."

Shang nodded.

This made a lot of sense!

The Caves below the Storm Eagle Zone had once housed a huge insect tribe, and it had counted as its own Zone, the Ancestor Queen Zone.

The Ancestor Queen had died mysteriously, and King Skythunder had once confirmed the death.

Would they leave such a valuable corpse?

Of course not!

They had retrieved the corpse, and evidently, they had used the Ancestor Queen's carapace as a natural fortress.

natural armor of a Zone

they even be able

had only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of

gigantic Zone Beast

it another Zone

a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how to

nodded and

truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts, he won't perceive

bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but you have to mean it.

into a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him is contradictory to

group looked with confusion at Duke

and his definition of weakling is a bit different

for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far beneath his

is

High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he

Silence.

a collective deep

had known that the King was powerful, but

you don't forget his power while speaking

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

respect. They won't

already expected something

the actual leaders of the Skythunder Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and he fully

it fell to the Council to manage

except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and

and the Council Head counted as

Mages with a

try to be careful how you talk to them. The best way to go about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if

The group nodded.

lucky that I managed to get an audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh, "and we're also all

at Duke Whirlwind with confused

Council had found out about the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already died," Duke Whirlwind

Silence.