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.

a Zone Beast. Was there a

Kingdom attacked, would they even be able

heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body was something

this gigantic

it another

it a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

everyone!" Duke Whirlwind shouted to the group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I

group nodded and

what people truly feel. As long as you don't look

an honest manner. The bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but you have to mean it. You also

"Although, talking to him is contradictory to what I told you

group looked with confusion

weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a bit different than you

for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants aren't different in his mind. They are all far weaker than him,

than him, and he is right in thinking so.

entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't

Silence.

group took a

known that the King was

you don't forget his power while speaking to

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

Council. While speaking to them, you have to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present, but hiring a True Mage Cleaner

expected something

were the actual leaders of the Skythunder Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling

fell to the Council to manage

powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all

as the second most powerful people in the entire

Peak High Mages with a Focus

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

The group nodded.

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

group looked at Duke Whirlwind

I managed to reach King

Silence.