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 Beast. Was there a

attacked, would they even be

had only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part

had this gigantic Zone

it another

a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

nodded and

procedure. He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down

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.

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

looked with confusion at

weaklings, and his definition of

speak up for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so

in the Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is

entire Kingdom

Silence.

took a collective

had known that the King was powerful, but

as you don't forget his power while speaking to him, you will

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

say the same thing for the 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 is just a bit of money to

had already expected something

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

fell to the Council

five most 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 power as the Council

the Council Head counted as the

with

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

The group nodded.

with a bitter laugh, "and we're also all lucky that everyone managed

group looked at Duke Whirlwind

managed to reach King

Silence.