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.

went through one more session of strengthening and focused on his swordsmanship

bit over the

couple more shards appeared between the stars,

long way to

that allows me to become the strongest in the world,' Shang thought as he looked at the shards on the

created a thin path that curved like a sine

create a wide and powerful path that goes from the Origin Star

but

looked at the shards, and he noticed something

seemed to be absolutely random, but after filtering the shards according to

was surrounded by very many stars all around

were probably over

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 couple

Basically everything was there.

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

Shang's shards were strewn randomly towards the Origin Star's

the Star Map for the first time, his focus had been on the comprehension he had received from Teacher Mervin, which had

date of comprehension, Shang found something

the last couple of years weren't on

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

his Path to that

found that interesting since he had trained in swordsmanship, which should give him progress

Yet, it didn't.

compare the different

not obvious,' Shang thought when

just

and long swords, the kind

is for heavier swords. I've been training my swordsmanship with a rather heavy sword the past couple of years, which means I will make progress towards the Star that represents

that the Star between those two

at the two gatherings of shards

but didn't have a lot of weight

slow but had

middle ground would be something with good speed but also good power. It would be slower than the long sword but would have more power. It would also be easier to swing

weapons he had seen and learned about, and one

not the Arabian kind, but

basically a sword with only one edge instead