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.

Zone

be

had only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part

this gigantic

another

it a

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 have to tell you how to act in

group nodded and

procedure. He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts, he won't perceive your actions as

suggest that you bow 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 servant or something. As

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

group looked with confusion at

Skythunder also doesn't like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a bit

someone that can't follow their own principles, someone that can't speak up for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants aren't different

Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is right in thinking

High Mage in the entire

Silence.

group took a collective

the King was powerful, but THAT

don't forget his power while

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

have to show your deepest 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 focused on his

fell to the Council to manage his

powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they had the same level of

the Council Head counted as the second most powerful people in the

High Mages with a

best way to go about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen

The group nodded.

Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a

looked at Duke Whirlwind with

out about the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all

Silence.