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.

attacked, would they even be able to break through

of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part

this gigantic Zone

it another

a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how to act in front of

group nodded and

people truly feel. As long as

to him in an honest manner. The bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but you have to mean it. You

smile. "Although, talking to him

looked with confusion

like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a bit

someone 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

and he is right in thinking so. You all

every High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he

Silence.

took a collective deep

had known that the King was powerful,

you don't forget his power while speaking

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

to them, you have to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder

expected

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

to the Council to

Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke

Head counted as the second most powerful

Peak High Mages with a Focus

careful how you talk to them. The best way to go about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and

The group nodded.

with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh, "and we're also all lucky that everyone managed

looked at Duke Whirlwind

the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already died," Duke Whirlwind

Silence.