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

would they even be able to

only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body was something entirely

this gigantic Zone Beast

another

a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how to act in front of

nodded

formalities and procedure. He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts, he

is better to be safe than 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

"Although, talking to

looked with confusion at

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

his mind, a weakling 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 his power that Dukes and

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

Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him,

Silence.

a collective deep

the King

forget his power while speaking

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

can't say the 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

expected something

much care about ruling

it fell to the Council to

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

the Archduke and the Council Head counted as the second most powerful people in the entire

were both Peak High Mages with a Focus that had

talk to them if they speak to you

The group nodded.

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

at Duke Whirlwind

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

Silence.