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.

another Kingdom attacked, would they even be able to break

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

this gigantic Zone Beast

it another

a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

everyone!" Duke Whirlwind shouted to the group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how to act in front

nodded and

isn't one for formalities and procedure. He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down

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

"Although, talking to him is contradictory to what I

looked with confusion at Duke

Skythunder also doesn't like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a bit different than

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

in the Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is right in thinking

the entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't

Silence.

group took a

known that the King was powerful, but

forget his power while speaking to him,

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

can't say 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

expected something like

Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and he fully focused on his own

it fell to the Council to

the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they had the same level of

the Council Head counted as the

were both Peak High Mages with a

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

The group nodded.

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

at Duke Whirlwind

procedure before I managed to

Silence.