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.

one more session of strengthening and focused on his swordsmanship

a little bit over the past couple of years, but the change wasn't

the stars, but it wasn't that

long way

the world,' Shang thought as he looked at the shards

path that curved like

is trying to create a wide and powerful path that goes from the

a better way than Teacher, but I think I have

at the shards, and he noticed

after filtering the shards

by very many stars all

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

Basically everything was there.

every single Star was just impossible. Shang didn't even have the Affinities required to reach

shards were strewn randomly towards

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

date of comprehension,

over the last couple of years

them pointed towards a Star two places to the right of the Star Teacher Mervin had

no progress on his Path to that one Star. After all, they all pointed towards the Star, two places to the right of

he had trained in swordsmanship,

Yet, it didn't.

different Shards, and he quickly found the

obvious, but it's also not obvious,' Shang thought when

just

is for thin and long swords, the kind Teacher Mervin uses.

I've been training my swordsmanship with a rather heavy

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

two gatherings

extremely fast but didn't have a

but had a

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

had seen and

the Arabian kind, but the far eastern kind. They do count

basically a sword with only one edge instead of two. A katana also only has