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

even be able to break through

Queen. Seeing part of its body was something

had this gigantic

another

it a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

group nodded and listened

for 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 won't perceive your actions

be very deferential, but you have to mean it. You also don't need to think that you are his servant or something. As

face turned into a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him

looked with confusion

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

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

the Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is right in thinking so. You all

if every High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked

Silence.

group took a collective

King

his power while speaking to him,

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

had already expected something like

Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom,

fell to the Council to

the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The

and the Council Head counted as the second most powerful people

both Peak High Mages with a

go about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen to speak to you, be respectful," Duke Whirlwind

The group nodded.

lucky that I managed to get an audience 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

Duke Whirlwind

managed to reach King Skythunder, we might

Silence.