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

even be able to break through

only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body

gigantic

another

it a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

the group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you

group nodded

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

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

"Although, talking to him is

looked with confusion at Duke

like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a

can't speak up for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants

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

the entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't

Silence.

a

had known that the King

as 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 present, but hiring a True Mage Cleaner is just a bit of money to

expected something like

didn't much care about ruling

fell to the 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, and they had the same level of

as the second most powerful people in

High Mages with a Focus that had

best way to go about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen to speak to you, be respectful," Duke

The group nodded.

Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh, "and we're also all lucky

Duke

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

Silence.