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

another Kingdom attacked, would they even be able

Seeing part of its body was

gigantic

another

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

nodded and

As long as you don't

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

into a bitter smile. "Although, talking

looked with confusion at Duke

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

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. You all have to

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

Silence.

took a collective

had known that the King was powerful, but

don't forget his power

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 Cleaner is just a bit of money to

already expected something like

of the Skythunder Kingdom. King Skythunder didn't much care about ruling over his Kingdom, and

to the Council to manage

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

Council Head counted as the second most powerful people in the

High Mages with a Focus

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

The group nodded.

quite lucky that I managed to get an audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter

group looked at Duke Whirlwind with

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

Silence.