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.

natural armor of a Zone Beast. Was

attacked, would they even be

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

had this gigantic Zone

another

a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

nodded

what people truly feel. As long as you don't look

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. You also don't need to think that you are his servant or something. As long as you acknowledge his overwhelming power, he

smile. "Although, talking to him

with confusion at

Skythunder also doesn't like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a

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

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

the entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't

Silence.

took a

had known that the King was powerful,

you don't forget his power while

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present, but hiring a True Mage

had already expected something

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

fell to the Council to

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

the Council Head counted as the second most powerful people in the

Mages with a Focus that

best way to go about this is to only talk to them if they speak to you first, and if they happen to speak to you, be respectful," Duke

The group nodded.

audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh,

Duke Whirlwind with confused

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

Silence.