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.

another Kingdom attacked, would they even be able to

of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body

had this gigantic

another

it a natural

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 you how to act in front of

group nodded and listened

and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts, he won't perceive your actions

manner. The bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but you have to mean it. You also don't need

"Although, talking to him is contradictory to what I told you just

with

his definition of weakling is a bit different than

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 treats them

and he is right in

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

Silence.

a collective

King

you don't forget his power while

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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 hiring a True Mage Cleaner is just a bit of money

expected something

the actual leaders of the Skythunder Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about

the Council

for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they had the same level of power as the

the Council Head counted as the second most powerful people

Peak High Mages with a Focus that had four

way to go about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen to

The group nodded.

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

at Duke

Council had found out about the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we

Silence.