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. Was

even be able to break through

Seeing

this gigantic

it another Zone

a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

"Before we reach King Skythunder's

nodded and

As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts,

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. You also don't need to think that you are his servant or something. As long as you acknowledge his overwhelming power,

a bitter smile. "Although, talking to

group looked with confusion

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

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 the

he is right in thinking so. You all have to

entire Kingdom

Silence.

group took a collective deep

that the King was powerful, but

his power while speaking to

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

I can't say 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

had already expected something like

Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about

it fell to the Council to

Council was comprised of the, generally accepted, five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes,

Archduke and the Council Head counted as the second

both Peak High Mages with a Focus that had four

this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen to speak to you, be

The group nodded.

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

Duke Whirlwind with confused

the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already

Silence.