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."

him an order, but our lost friend didn't have the courage and willpower to fulfill

him. If it hadn't been him, it would have been one of

The warriors' eyes widened.

could have also

Skythunder wanted to see how courageous our group was. After seeing Shang's performance, his interest had probably been piqued, and he wanted to

warriors looked over

had truly shown immense courage. Not only had he shown incredible willpower by

punch someone as powerful and intimidating

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

prepared. You told me that he would most likely want to fight

warriors looked with surprise

He had known that?

but you still won, and that isn't easy," Duke Whirlwind said

weapons. While he came at me without any weapons for a fist fight,

body was three levels above yours. Winning against someone like that is still

he looked 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 what a Barbarian

Duke Whirlwind's face, but he didn't

Barbarian?"

Whirlwind looked at Shang

Then, he sighed.

direct and honest for

you won't find any penguins in a desert, you won't find any scorpions in

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

about the Fire Wing Penguin and the Ice Crystal Scorpion?" Shang

glared at Shang. "You know what I

Shang nodded.

meant is

believe that warriors are simply humans that decide to fight with their bodies

scheme of things,

group of warriors looked at Duke Whirlwind

It wasn't?

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

the

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

their bodies all day. They don't learn much about their opponents and what they

is to push their bodies further and further. As

not beasts. Because of that, their bodies can't become as powerful as beast bodies. Because of that, they still use

of weapons Barbarians use. But instead of learning advanced techniques for these weapons, Barbarians only use them as a force

you believe warriors to be the physical path

physical path

are the mental

warriors are the

bit after saying that and looked at the

only looked at the

never