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

they even be able to break

Queen. Seeing part

had this gigantic

it another Zone

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

of warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how to act in front

nodded and

power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on

him in an honest manner. The bow 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

into a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him is contradictory to

with confusion

definition of weakling is a

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 treats them the

and he is right

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

Silence.

a collective

King

forget his power

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present, but

had already expected something

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

the Council to

accepted, five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they

Archduke and the Council Head counted as the

with a Focus that had four

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 happen

The group nodded.

I managed 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 until

looked at Duke

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

Silence.