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.

natural armor of a Zone Beast. Was

be able to break through this

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

this gigantic Zone

it another Zone

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

group nodded

truly feel. As long as you don't look

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

smile. "Although, talking

with confusion

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

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

is right in thinking so. You all have

if every High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't even get

Silence.

group took a collective

had known that the King was powerful, but THAT

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

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

to them, you have to show your deepest respect. They won't dare

expected something

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

fell to the Council

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

Archduke and the Council Head counted as the

both Peak High Mages with a Focus

about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen to speak to you, be respectful,"

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

at Duke Whirlwind

managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have

Silence.