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.

Zone Beast. Was there

would they even be able to

the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body was something

this gigantic

it another

a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

nodded

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

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

a bitter smile. "Although, talking to

looked with

Skythunder also doesn't like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is

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

him, and he is right in

High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him,

Silence.

took a collective

had known that the King

his power while speaking to him,

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

expected something like

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

the

Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes,

counted as the second most powerful people in

with

try to be careful how you talk to them. The best way to go about this is to only talk to them if they speak

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

group looked at Duke Whirlwind

to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already died," Duke

Silence.