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.

would they even be able to break through this insane

Queen. Seeing part of its

gigantic Zone

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 you how to act in front

group nodded

and what people truly feel. As long

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

"Although, talking to him is

group looked with confusion at

weaklings, and his definition of

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

him, and he is right in thinking so. You

entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't even get

Silence.

took a collective

had known that the King was powerful, but THAT

power while speaking to him, you will

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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 a bit of

had already expected

King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling

it fell to the Council to manage his

Archduke. The Archduke was

Archduke and the Council Head counted as the second most

Mages with a

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

The group nodded.

get an audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh, "and we're also all lucky that

at Duke Whirlwind with

before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we

Silence.