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.

of a Zone Beast. Was there

be able to break through this insane

the Ancestor Queen. Seeing

this gigantic Zone Beast

it another Zone

it a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

"Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have

nodded

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

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

a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him is

with confusion at

and his definition of weakling is a bit

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

weaker than him, and he is right in

in the entire Kingdom attacked

Silence.

group took a collective

the King

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

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present, but hiring a True Mage Cleaner is just a bit

had already expected something like

Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom,

it fell to the Council to manage

the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the

Archduke and the Council Head counted as the second

Mages with a Focus that

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

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

at Duke

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

Silence.