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.

they even be able to break through

only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its

gigantic Zone

it another Zone

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

group nodded

cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as

it is better to be safe than sorry. I would 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

talking to him is contradictory to what I told you

looked with confusion at Duke

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

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 in his mind. They are all

than him, and he is right in

in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he

Silence.

group took a

known that the King was powerful, but THAT

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

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

already expected something like

didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and he fully

it fell to the

accepted, 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

the Council Head counted as the second most powerful

High Mages with a

them. The best way to go about this is to only talk

The group nodded.

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

group looked at Duke Whirlwind

the Council had found out about the procedure before I managed to reach

Silence.