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.

be able

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

gigantic Zone Beast

another Zone

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

everyone!" Duke Whirlwind shouted to the group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you

group nodded

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

bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but

"Although, talking to him is

group looked with confusion at Duke

like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a bit different than you

for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants aren't different in his mind.

is weaker than him, and he is right in thinking

entire Kingdom attacked him, he

Silence.

took a collective deep

the King was powerful, but

as you don't forget his power while speaking

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present, but hiring a True Mage Cleaner is just

had already expected something

the Skythunder Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and he fully focused on his

fell to the Council to manage his

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

counted as the second most powerful

were both Peak High Mages with a

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

The group nodded.

managed to get an audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh, "and we're also

at Duke Whirlwind with

procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already died," Duke Whirlwind

Silence.