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.

of a Zone Beast. Was there a

would they even be

the Ancestor Queen. Seeing

this gigantic Zone Beast

it another

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

Whirlwind shouted to the group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how to act in front of

group nodded

As long as you don't look down on him in

to him in an honest manner. The bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but you have to mean it. You also don't need to think that you are his

Duke Whirlwind's face turned into a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him is

group looked with confusion at

like weaklings, and his definition of

Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants aren't different in his mind. They are all far weaker

is right in thinking so. You all have to remember one

High Mage in the entire

Silence.

a collective

King was powerful, but THAT

his power while speaking

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

have to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present, but

already expected something

of the Skythunder Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over

fell to the

generally accepted, five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for

counted as the second most powerful people in the

Mages with a Focus that had

to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen to

The group nodded.

King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh,

at Duke Whirlwind with confused

before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already

Silence.