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

only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its

had this gigantic Zone

it another

it a

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

group nodded and

cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in your

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

a bitter smile. "Although, talking to

with confusion

weaklings, and his definition of weakling

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 far weaker than him, and he treats them the

weaker than him, and he is right

High Mage in the entire Kingdom

Silence.

took a collective deep

the King was powerful,

long as you don't forget his power

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

expected

Skythunder didn't much care about

the Council

accepted, five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the

counted as

Mages with a Focus that

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

The group nodded.

managed to get an audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter

at Duke Whirlwind

had found out about the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already died," Duke

Silence.