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.

a Zone Beast. Was there a

another Kingdom attacked, would they even be able to break

had only heard of the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its

this gigantic Zone Beast

another

a natural

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

group nodded and listened

He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down

bow doesn't need to be very deferential, but you have to

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

with confusion at Duke

weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a bit different than

his mind, a weakling is someone that can't follow their 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.

weaker than him, and he is

entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't

Silence.

took a collective

known that the King was powerful,

as you don't forget his power while speaking to him, you

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

They won't dare to do anything with King Skythunder present, but hiring a

expected

Skythunder didn't much care about ruling

the Council to manage his

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 power as the

Head counted as the second most

both Peak High Mages with a Focus that

try to be careful 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

The group nodded.

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

at Duke Whirlwind with

the Council had found out about the procedure before I managed to reach King

Silence.