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 a greater

be able to break

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

gigantic Zone

another Zone

it a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's

nodded and listened

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

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

talking to him

looked with

weaklings, and his definition of

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 servants aren't

him, and he is right in thinking so. You

High Mage in the entire

Silence.

took a collective deep

the King

power

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

Council. While speaking to them, you have to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King

already expected

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

fell to the

of the, generally accepted, five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the

Council Head counted as the second most

were both Peak High Mages with a Focus that

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

The group nodded.

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

at Duke Whirlwind with

out about the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have all already died,"

Silence.