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 Beast. Was there a greater

another Kingdom attacked, would they even be able

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

gigantic Zone

it another

it a

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell

group nodded and

and what people truly feel. As

better 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

a bitter smile. "Although, talking to him

group looked with confusion at Duke

also doesn't like weaklings, and his definition of weakling is a bit different than you

To him, everyone in his Kingdom is so far beneath his power that Dukes and servants aren't different in his mind. They are

Kingdom is weaker than him, and he is right in thinking so. You all have to remember one

entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't

Silence.

took a

King was powerful, but

power while speaking to him,

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

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

already expected something

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

to the Council to

accepted, five most powerful High Mages in the Kingdom, except for the Archduke. The Archduke was the

as the

were both Peak High Mages with a Focus that had four

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

The group nodded.

with a bitter laugh, "and we're also all lucky that everyone managed to keep the secret until

at Duke

managed to reach King Skythunder, we might have

Silence.