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

be able to break through

had only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part

this gigantic Zone

it another

a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle,

nodded

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

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

Duke Whirlwind's face turned into a bitter smile. "Although, talking

with confusion

and his definition of weakling is a bit different than you might

in his Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants aren't different in his mind. They are all far weaker than him, and he treats

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

entire Kingdom

Silence.

took a

had known that the King was powerful, but THAT

power while speaking to him, you will

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 of money to

had already expected something

Skythunder didn't much care about ruling

fell to the Council to

Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they had the same level

counted as

with a Focus that had

about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen

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 secret until I could reach

group looked at Duke Whirlwind with confused

the Council had found out about the procedure before I managed to

Silence.