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.

Zone

they even be able to

Seeing part of its body

this gigantic

another

a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

nodded

Skythunder 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 on him in your hearts, he won't perceive your actions as

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 servant or something. As

"Although, talking

with confusion at

of weakling is a bit different than

up for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far

the Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is right

in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't

Silence.

a collective

had known that the King

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

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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 True Mage Cleaner is just

expected

Skythunder didn't much care about

it fell to the Council to manage

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

Council Head counted as the second most powerful

both Peak High Mages with a Focus that had four

them. The best way to go about this is to only talk to them if

The group nodded.

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

looked at Duke

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

Silence.