Sword God in a World of Magic

The group bowed once again to King Skythunder before leaving the throne room.

The warriors looked with excitement and relief at each other.

If King Skythunder had said that he didn't like the Procedure, he would have probably killed everyone that had undergone it or known how to perform it.

Luckily, King Skythunder didn't see any issues with it.

But then, the warriors remembered something else and looked at each other with complex expressions.

Yes, King Skythunder had agreed to the Procedure, but he had also killed one of theirs.

From the five warriors, only four were left.

Did that warrior deserve to die?

Of course not!

But that didn't matter.

He was dead now, and there was nothing they could have done.

The group walked in silence until they left the castle. After that, they continued walking for a while longer before Duke Whirlwind stopped.

Duke Whirlwind turned to them with a smile. "The most dangerous part is over. We have the King's support, which means that no one can openly go against us with the Procedure as the reason."

"Your Dean and I can protect you from any random Adept and True Mage, but without the King's support, our opponents would have been the six High Mages you have just seen in the palace."

The group thought back to the Council and the Archduke.

These people represented the absolute rulers of the entire Skythunder Kingdom.

In comparison to them, Duke Whirlwind was only responsible for about 8% of the Skythunder Kingdom, and he was still subservient to the Council.

This wouldn't have been an opponent they could have overcome.

"You all did very well today," Duke Whirlwind said with a kind smile.

The warriors only looked at each other in guilt.

What had they done?

They had only stood there.

"If any of you have the luck to meet King Skythunder again in the future, remember what you have learned today," Duke Whirlwind said.

"Respect his power, but don't act like a weakling with no mental strength."

"We have managed to survive, but one of us was sadly left behind," Duke Whirlwind said with a sigh. "The reason for his death was his lack of willpower."

Skythunder had given him an order, but our lost friend didn't have the courage and

we must still thank him. If it hadn't been him, it

The warriors' eyes widened.

they could have also

interest had probably been piqued, and he wanted to know if

warriors looked over at Shang

Not only had he shown incredible willpower by destroying his own hand, but he had

someone as powerful and intimidating as King Skythunder, but punching

well today, and it's all thanks to you that all of us are still alive, me included," Duke

Dean's face didn't change. "I was already prepared. You told me that he would most likely want to fight

of warriors looked with

He had known that?

you still won, and that isn't

didn't even use basic equipment or weapons. While he came at me without any weapons for a fist fight, I had to resort to

on," Duke Whirlwind said. "His body was three levels above yours. Winning against someone like that is still

at Duke Whirlwind. "Do you want to make me appear more impressive than I am in front of my students, or do you believe that I don't know

appeared on Duke Whirlwind's face, but he

a Barbarian?" Shang

Shang

Then, he sighed.

too direct and honest for his own good,' Duke

like you won't find any penguins in a desert, you won't find any scorpions in the tundra," Duke Whirlwind

starting an explanation, but he couldn't get far before

Penguin and the

glared at Shang. "You

Shang nodded.

sighed again. "What I meant is that different environments

the Skythunder Kingdom, most people believe that warriors are simply humans that decide to fight with their bodies instead of with

the grander scheme of things, this belief

group of warriors looked at Duke

It wasn't?

he overtook the explanation. "Warriors focus on the weapon, techniques, and Mana. Barbarians only focus

as he let the Dean explain things. He was

in the academy," the Dean said. "A large part of your day is reserved for

what they should use to counter them. They don't learn about how to use their Affinities. They don't learn about

further and further. As long as you

can't become as powerful as beast bodies.

the kinds of weapons Barbarians use. But instead of learning advanced techniques for these weapons, Barbarians only

you believe warriors to be the physical path for humans, you

the physical path

the mental path

warriors are the mix between

for a bit after saying that and looked

only looked at the

had never