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

be able to break through

had only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing

gigantic Zone Beast

another Zone

a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

group nodded and

Skythunder isn't one for formalities and procedure. He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in

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

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

group looked with confusion at Duke

definition of weakling

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 in his

is right in thinking so.

if every High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked

Silence.

a collective

known that the King was powerful, but THAT

his power while speaking to him, you

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

They won't dare to do

already expected something

Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and he fully focused

it fell to the Council to

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 second

both Peak High Mages with a Focus that had

to only talk to them if they speak to you

The group nodded.

lucky 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 the secret until I could

Duke Whirlwind

the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we

Silence.