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.

they even be able to break through this insane

the Ancestor Queen. Seeing part of its

this gigantic Zone Beast

it another

it a natural

Was it the God?

Shang wasn't sure.

warriors. "Before we reach King Skythunder's castle, I have to tell you how to act

nodded

As long as you don't look down on him in your hearts, he

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 doesn't

bitter smile. "Although, talking to him is

group looked with confusion

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

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

is weaker than him, and he is right in thinking so. You all have

every High Mage in the entire Kingdom attacked him, he wouldn't even

Silence.

a

known that the King was

long as you don't forget his power while speaking to

Then, Duke Whirlwind frowned.

I can't say the same thing for the Council. While speaking to them, you have to 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

expected something

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

it fell to the

the Archduke. The Archduke was the spokesperson for all the Dukes,

and the Council Head counted as the

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 they happen to

The group nodded.

we are all quite lucky that I 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 could

Duke

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

Silence.