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 there a

attacked, would they even be able to break through

of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part

had this gigantic Zone Beast

another

a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have

nodded

and what people truly feel. As

bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but you

talking to him is contradictory to

with

definition of weakling is a bit different than you might

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 all far weaker than him, and he treats them

is right in thinking

every High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him,

Silence.

took a collective deep

King was

you don't forget his power while speaking to

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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 Mage Cleaner is

had already expected

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

fell to the Council to manage his

Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and

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

High Mages with a Focus that had four

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

The group nodded.

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

group looked at Duke Whirlwind

to

Silence.