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.

another Kingdom attacked, would they even be able to break through

Seeing part of its body was

gigantic Zone Beast

it 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

nodded

about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look

it is better 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

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

group looked with confusion at Duke

and his definition of weakling

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

weaker than him, and he is right

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

Silence.

took a collective

that the King was powerful,

forget his power while speaking to

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

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

the Council to

The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they had the same level

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

Peak High Mages with a Focus

way to go about this is to only talk to them

The group nodded.

Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter

Duke Whirlwind with

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

Silence.