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. Was

another Kingdom attacked, would they even be able to break through this

of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing

this gigantic Zone Beast

another Zone

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

Whirlwind shouted to the group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell

group nodded and

people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts, he

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 long as you acknowledge his overwhelming power, he

smile. "Although, talking to him is contradictory to what I told

with

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

his mind, a weakling is someone 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 different in his mind. They are all far

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

High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't even

Silence.

group took a

that the King was powerful, but

his power while

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do

already expected something

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

fell to the Council to manage

most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke

as the second most powerful

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 they speak to

The group nodded.

quite lucky that I managed to get an audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a

at Duke Whirlwind

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

Silence.