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.

armor of a Zone Beast. Was there a

another Kingdom attacked, would they even be able to

Seeing part of its

had this gigantic Zone

it another Zone

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

group nodded and listened

As long as you don't look

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 servant

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

looked with confusion at

Skythunder also doesn't like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is

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

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

if every High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he

Silence.

group took a

known that the King was powerful, but

his power while speaking to him, you

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

had already expected

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

the Council to manage his

five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they

counted as the second most powerful people in the

both Peak High Mages with a Focus that

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

The group nodded.

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

looked at Duke Whirlwind with confused

the Council had found out about the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we

Silence.