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.

armor of a Zone

they even be able to break through this insane

Ancestor Queen. Seeing

had this gigantic Zone Beast

it another Zone

it 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

group nodded and

one for formalities and procedure. He only cares about power and what people truly feel. As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts, he won't

doesn't need to be very deferential, but you have to mean it. You also don't need to think that you

bitter smile. "Although, talking

group looked with confusion at

and his definition of weakling is a bit different than you might

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. They are all far weaker than him, and he treats them

is right in

the entire Kingdom attacked

Silence.

a collective

the King was powerful,

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

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

already expected something like

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

it fell to the Council to manage

Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke

Archduke and the Council Head counted as the second

with a Focus that had

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

The group nodded.

an audience with King Skythunder," Duke Whirlwind said with a bitter laugh, "and we're also all

group looked at Duke Whirlwind

found out about the procedure before I managed to reach King Skythunder, we

Silence.