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. Was there

they even be able to

Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its body

this gigantic Zone

it another Zone

a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

the group of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how

group nodded and listened

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

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.

face turned into a bitter smile. "Although, talking

group looked with

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

own principles, someone that can't speak up for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far beneath his power that

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

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

Silence.

took a

known that the King was powerful, but THAT

forget his power while speaking to

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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 a True Mage

expected something like

didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and he fully focused

to the Council to

was comprised of the, generally accepted, five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they had the same level of

as the second most powerful people in

were both Peak High Mages with

to go about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first,

The group nodded.

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

looked at Duke Whirlwind with

procedure before I managed to reach King

Silence.