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.

of a Zone

they even be able to break

the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its

this gigantic Zone Beast

another Zone

a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

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

group nodded

feel. As long as you

to be safe than sorry. 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

turned into a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him is contradictory to what I told

group looked with

like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is

speak up for themselves. To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far

in the Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is

if every High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked

Silence.

took a

had known that the King

forget his power while speaking

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

have to show your deepest respect. They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder

had already expected something like

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

to the Council to manage his

the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes, and they had the same

as the second most powerful

Mages with a Focus that had four

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

The group nodded.

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 I

at Duke

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

Silence.