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.

of a Zone Beast. Was there

they even be able to break through this insane

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

gigantic Zone

another

it 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

nodded

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

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 servant or something. As long as you acknowledge his overwhelming power,

face turned into a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him is contradictory to what

group looked with confusion

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

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 mind. They are all

in the Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is right

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

Silence.

a collective

the King was powerful,

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

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

have to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with

had already expected something like

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

it fell to the Council to manage his

High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson

the Archduke and the Council Head counted as the second most powerful people in the entire

Peak High Mages with a Focus

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

The group nodded.

audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh, "and we're

group looked at Duke Whirlwind with

managed to reach King Skythunder, we

Silence.