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

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

Seeing part of

had this gigantic Zone

it another Zone

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

group nodded

and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in

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 doesn't

a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him

group looked with confusion at Duke

definition of weakling is a bit different than you might

Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants aren't different

is right in thinking

in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he

Silence.

a collective

known that the King was

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

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

already expected something

much care about ruling over his

the Council

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

as

both Peak High Mages with a

be careful 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.

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

group looked at Duke Whirlwind with confused

I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might

Silence.