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

even be able to

had only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of

gigantic Zone

it another Zone

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how to act in

group nodded and

As long as you don't look

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

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

looked with confusion at Duke

definition of weakling is a bit different than you

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 servants aren't different in his mind. They are all far weaker than him, and he

and he is

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

Silence.

group took a collective

King was powerful, but THAT

long as you don't forget his power while speaking to

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present,

had already expected something like

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

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

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

both Peak High Mages with a Focus that had four

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

The group nodded.

are all quite 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

group looked at Duke Whirlwind

managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already died,"

Silence.