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."

given him an order, but our lost friend didn't have the

hadn't been him, it would have been one of you," Duke Whirlwind said to the

The warriors' eyes widened.

they could

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

group of warriors looked over at Shang

courage. Not only had he shown incredible willpower by destroying his

and intimidating as King Skythunder,

today, and it's all thanks to you that all of us are still

"I was already prepared. You told

group of warriors looked with surprise at

He had known that?

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

call that a win," the Dean answered coldly. "He didn't use his Magic, and he 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 my accumulated experience and my

Whirlwind said. "His body was three levels above yours. Winning against someone like

Duke Whirlwind. "Do you want to make me appear more impressive than I

on Duke Whirlwind's

a Barbarian?"

looked at Shang with a

Then, he sighed.

is too direct and honest for his own

you won't find any scorpions in

starting an explanation, but he

about the Fire Wing Penguin and the Ice

he glared at Shang. "You know what I

Shang nodded.

meant is that different

simply humans that decide to fight with their

in the grander scheme of things, this belief

warriors looked at Duke

It wasn't?

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

Whirlwind stepped to the side as he let the Dean explain things. He was probably better at doing

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

nothing but train their bodies all day. They don't learn much about their opponents and what they should use to counter them. They don't learn about how to use their

further. As long as you have enough physical

beast bodies. Because of that, they still

humongous swords, these are the kinds of weapons Barbarians use. But instead

be the physical path for humans, you are

physical path for

are the mental

warriors are the mix between

a bit after saying that

group only looked at the Dean

had never heard