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

Kingdom attacked, would they even be

Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body was

this gigantic Zone Beast

another

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

group nodded

for formalities and procedure. He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long

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 it. You also don't need to think that you are his

"Although, talking to him is contradictory

looked with confusion

like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a bit different than you

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 all far weaker than him, and

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

entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't even

Silence.

took a

known that the King was powerful, but THAT

as you don't forget his power

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

for the Council. While speaking to them, you have to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder

had already expected

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

the

the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes,

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

High Mages with a Focus that had

try to be careful how you talk to them. The best way to go about this is to only talk to them if they

The group nodded.

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

Duke Whirlwind with

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

Silence.