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.

armor of a Zone Beast. Was there a greater

even be able to break through this insane

had only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing

had this gigantic Zone

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

group nodded

He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as

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 to mean it.

"Although, talking to him is

with confusion at Duke

and his definition of weakling is a

Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants aren't different in his mind. They are all far

Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is right in thinking so. You all have to remember one

entire Kingdom attacked

Silence.

group took a collective deep

had known that the King was

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

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

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

to the Council to manage

the Archduke. The Archduke was the

as the second most powerful people in

were both Peak High Mages with a

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

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 to keep the secret until

Duke

the procedure before I managed to reach

Silence.