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.

a Zone Beast. Was there a greater

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

of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body

gigantic Zone Beast

it another

it a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

group nodded

truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him

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

smile. "Although, talking

group looked with

of weakling

his mind, a weakling is someone 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 servants aren't different in his mind. They are

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

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

Silence.

group took a

known that the King was

you don't forget his power while speaking to him, you will be

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present, but hiring a True Mage

expected something like

were the actual leaders of the Skythunder Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and he fully focused

the Council to

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 power

the Council Head counted as the second most

with a Focus that

try to be careful how 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 speak to you, be respectful," Duke

The group nodded.

get an audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh, "and

looked at Duke Whirlwind with confused

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

Silence.