Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang talked with Duke Whirlwind for a time longer, and he also finally heard of what happened after he had gone through the portal.

However, Shang wasn't very surprised. He had already suspected that this powerful Mage that had forcefully teleported him had dealt with the Storm Eagle.

Funnily enough, Duke Whirlwind hadn't seen the powerful Mage. He had only seen how the Storm Eagle was thrown into the distance like a child, but he hadn't seen the being that did it.

Of course, Shang didn't keep the powerful Mage a secret, and things now made much more sense for Duke Whirlwind.

One thing of note that happened, except for this entire political struggle, was that Vice-Dean Ranos managed to reach the True Path Stage.

Apparently, he had worked on his Path for a very long time, and he finally managed to advance, and sure enough, he stayed true to his strengths.

Vice-Dean Ranos could maybe take down one of the weaker High Mages, which was impressive beyond belief for someone that hadn't undergone the Procedure.

Luckily, the technique for strengthening one's body Shang had gotten in the Grandmountain Kingdom could rectify part of that problem. It would be difficult to start so late, but Duke Whirlwind was certain that the Dean would find a way to make it work.

Sadly, the Dean hadn't advanced to the Mid True Path Stage yet, but Duke Whirlwind assumed that it would, at most, take another decade.

Duke Whirlwind was also approaching his breakthrough, which would make it far harder for the Council to do anything to him.

This was also one of the biggest reasons why they were putting so much pressure on him. They didn't want to see him advance to the Peak High Mage Realm.

Yes, Duke Whirlwind was at the Late High Mage Realm right now, which was equal in level to four of the five members of the Council.

He was no joke, even amongst the most powerful Mages in the entire Kingdom.

After they talked for a while, Duke Whirlwind told Shang what he should do.

For now, he had to remain hidden, and Duke Whirlwind suggested to Shang to enter the Caves for the time being. He could deal with Late and Peak Commander Stage beasts, and the teams of hunters and Mages that could fight those preferred going to the Canyon over going to the Caves. It was just easier to get there.

The deep Caves would give Shang a place to train while keeping him hidden.

Shang agreed and left Duke Whirlwind's place. The Duke also gave him some hidden pathways that were not public knowledge to enter the Caves.

After saying his goodbyes, Shang entered the Wild Forest and went to a specific place.

A bit of digging later, Shang entered the upper parts of the Caves and quickly traveled down.

It took half an hour, but Shang eventually reached a depth of around ten kilometers, which was where the powerful Commander Stage beasts resided.

session of strengthening and focused on

a little bit over the past couple

couple more shards appeared between the

long way to

the strongest in the world,' Shang thought as he looked at the shards on the Star

created a thin path that curved like

wide and powerful path that goes

way than Teacher, but I think I have

shards, and

the shards according to dates of

by very many stars

probably over

for spears, some were for Magic, some were for Affinities, some were for healing, some were for the mind. Shang couldn't see what the Stars all represented, but he could make some educated guesses based on some very small Shards leading to a

Basically everything was there.

to every single Star was just impossible. Shang didn't even have the Affinities required to reach them, and some were just pointless for

now, Shang's shards were strewn randomly towards the Origin

seen the Star Map for the first time, his focus had been on the comprehension he

date of comprehension, Shang found

over the last couple of years

them pointed towards a Star two places to the right of the

in the last couple of years made no progress on his Path to that one Star. After all, they all pointed towards the Star, two places to

swordsmanship, which

Yet, it didn't.

that, Shang started to compare the different

but it's also not obvious,' Shang thought

just

to the north is for thin and long swords, the kind Teacher Mervin

with a rather heavy sword the past couple of years, which means I will

logic to how the Stars are aligned, and I'm pretty sure that the Star between those two is also related to swords.

two gatherings of shards

didn't have

was slow but

would be slower than the long sword but would have more power. It

thought back to all the weapons he had seen and learned about, and one of them sprang

mean, not the Arabian kind, but the far eastern kind. They do count as swords,

only one edge instead of