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

they even be able

Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body was something

had this gigantic Zone Beast

another

a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

group nodded

for formalities and procedure. He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts, he won't

bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but you have to mean it. You also don't need to think that

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

looked with confusion at Duke

like weaklings, and his definition of

that can't follow their own principles, someone that can't speak up for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far

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

if every High Mage in the entire Kingdom

Silence.

took a

had known that the King was powerful,

his power while speaking to him, you will be

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

had already expected

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

the Council

of the, generally accepted, five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the

Council Head counted as the second

with a Focus that had four

this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and

The group nodded.

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

group looked at Duke Whirlwind with confused

I managed to reach King Skythunder, we

Silence.