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.

a Zone Beast.

even be able

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

this gigantic Zone

it another Zone

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 how to act in

nodded and

Skythunder isn't one 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

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

talking to him is contradictory to what I told

with confusion

weaklings, and his definition of weakling

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 servants aren't different in his mind. They are all far weaker

than him, and he is right in thinking so.

Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't

Silence.

took a collective

had known that the King was powerful, but

don't forget his 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 Skythunder present, but hiring a True Mage Cleaner is

had already expected something

much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and he fully focused on

the Council to manage

Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all

Head counted as the second most powerful people in the

Peak High Mages with a

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 to you first, and if they

The group nodded.

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

at Duke

Council had found out about the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder,

Silence.