[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic":3,"chapter-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-276":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sword God in a World of Magic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1492161,1940,"Chapter 276 - King Skythunder","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-276",276,"\u003Cp>Chapter 276 - King Skythunder\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After everyone stepped through the gates, they entered the gigantic dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, there were not many decorations, and the place looked more like a metallic cave, not like a place where a human would live in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had expected plenty of decorations, paintings, and expensive items on display.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was just nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply looked like a metallic cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does the Council also reside here?\" Shang asked Duke Whirlwind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Duke Whirlwind heard that Shang dared to say something inside King Skythunder's place, his heart nearly stopped, but after he heard Shang's entire question, he calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Quite courageous of him to speak up,' Duke Whirlwind thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Duke Whirlwind answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang nodded. \"I thought so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind wanted to ask why Shang thought that, but he didn't want to goad Shang into speaking more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone traveled down the long hallway in silence. There were a couple of hallways that connected to this one, but they all only followed the biggest hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since everyone was walking at normal speeds, they needed over five minutes to reach two black doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they all approached the doors, they opened of their own volition, and the group could finally see the throne room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really didn't look like a throne room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the hallway, the throne room was absolutely barren. There were no chairs, decorations, tables, or anything that one would expect to find here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply looked like a big cave, about a hundred meters wide, three hundred meters long, and a hundred meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, there were seven people present, except for the group of warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the left side of the throne room were five people, and they were all emanating a terrifying amount of Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were three women and two men, all wearing differently colored, extremely expensive and ostentatious robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their robes almost seemed too big with all the added accessories and layers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the tiniest earring gave off a terrifying amount of Mana that rivaled the amount of Mana the Exploding Mountain Turtle had given off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was one person among them that emanated even more Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an older woman with pitch-black hair and red eyes, and Shang was quite surprised when he felt the kind of Mana her body was giving off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Darkness Mana?' Shang thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang quickly realized who that woman was since she gave off more Mana than the other four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'She must be the Council Head,' Shang thought. 'She gives off even more Mana than Duke Whirlwind.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Although,' Shang thought as he glanced at the other four, 'the other four give off just as much Mana as Duke Whirlwind. I guess that means that Duke Whirlwind is a Late High Mage. No wonder the Exploding Mountain Turtle hadn't stood a chance.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the group glanced at the Council, the Council looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ARGH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the other warriors in the group shouted out in pain and grabbed their heads as they averted their gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Shang only got a slightly painful headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It definitely hurt quite a bit, but Shang could deal with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Shang felt just as much pain as the others, but due to his high resistance to pain, he didn't react as extremely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shang still looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angering the Council was not something he wanted to do right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't blaspheme the Council with your abominable eyes,\" the Council Head said with a cold tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry! I- ARGH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the warriors wanted to say sorry, but he was immediately thrown to the side and lost consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will address the Council when we want you to address us,\" the Council Head stated coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't make this longer than it needs to be. I have somewhere to be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang looked to the right of the throne room, where he saw one lone person standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been the one that had just spoken up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked rather young, and she had pure white hair. In comparison to the Council members, she also wore expensive but relatively normal-looking robes. They looked about as expensive as the robes Duke Whirlwind wore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the amount of Mana she gave off rivaled the black-haired woman, the Council Head, which meant that she also was a Peak High Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then this is probably the Archduke,' Shang thought. 'Ironically, she gives off Light Mana. Seems like the Council Head and Archduke have contradicting Affinities.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dean and Duke Whirlwind didn't look at the Council or the Archduke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, their eyes fully focused on the end of the throne room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang also looked forward, and he came face to face with King Skythunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the most powerful human Shang had ever seen, except for the God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He represented the peak of human power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the throne room were a couple of black stairs, and they all led to a rather large throne made of unknown silver material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren't any decorations on the throne. It was rather big but very spartan, just like the entire castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the throne sat a man with silver hair who looked to be in his early thirties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, he only wore white pants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His upper body was bare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever Shang had expected the King to look like, it wasn't this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King's body was bulky and chiseled. Surprisingly, his skin was also tanned quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, only farmers and warriors had tanned skin since they were training outside most of the time. Oftentimes, warriors also trained without a shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mages, on the other hand, didn't need physical training, and they always wore their equipment, which gathered additional Mana for their training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But based on King Skythunder's tanned skin, it was obvious that he also liked to train outside without wearing a shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together with his chiseled body, it was almost like King Skythunder was a powerful warrior, not a Mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will start the meeting now,\" King Skythunder said in his deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Council and Archduke immediately quietened down and looked to the front in a dignified manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of warriors remembered what Duke Whirlwind had said and bowed with genuine respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dean did the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind didn't bow. For him, bowing would equate to showing unnecessary respect. The King and Duke Whirlwind knew each other, and Duke Whirlwind didn't need to show his respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he had shown his respect enough times in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Shang?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, Shang didn't bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Shang have some kind of stupid, inherent pride that he couldn't suppress?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, nothing like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Shang had wanted to bow, just like everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as King Skythunder had announced that the meeting had started, his eyes had focused on Shang's eyes with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under King Skythunder's penetrating, powerful gaze, Shang couldn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only look back with nervousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he done something wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was King Skythunder focusing on him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke Whirlwind had noticed that Shang hadn't bowed, but when he saw King Skythunder's eyes, he realized why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was difficult to move under the gaze of someone that was so overwhelmingly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, King Skythunder had ended an uncountable number of lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If prey looked into the eyes of a predator so powerful that every action was useless, the prey would either play dead or freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an incredibly powerful Archmage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And under his gaze, nobody in this room had the ability to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, approach,\" King Skythunder ordered while looking at Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>",1267,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","7580caa35c61f9249a6c8112bece4c96f717c72355cef761741cf57230ce39e2","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-277","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-275",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]