Sword God in a World of Magic

"King Skythunder gave his permission to distribute the Star Map," Duke Whirlwind proclaimed with a victorious smile to George and Shang.

He told them all about what had happened and what changes would occur in the next couple of days.

However, Shang and George only felt relieved.

This made things so much easier.

"That's good to hear, Duke Whirlwind," Shang said.

When Duke Whirlwind heard that, he did a double take. "Duke Whirlwind?" he asked.

Shang raised an eyebrow.

"Shang, I thought we were closer than that," Duke Whirlwind said. "Just call me Jerald."

"Oh," Shang said. "I wasn't sure if that was appropriate."

"You are no longer subservient to me, Shang," Jerald said. "We are on equal footing, and we are working towards the same goal. Our powers might still be quite far away from each other, but it will only be a matter of time."

"I've seen how determined you are, Shang, and I know that you might become the very warrior to completely close the gap and maybe go even further."

Shang wasn't sure what he should say to that.

Yes, that was his goal, but it felt a bit weird hearing it come from someone else.

It sounded unreal.

Jerald, George, and Shang talked for a while longer. They had to plan how to properly distribute the Star Map and how they should teach the warriors.

Thanks to the God, Shang had comprehended the Star Map in an instant, but for everyone else, learning the Star Map was definitely not an easy undertaking.

learned it, and it took him about

wasn't a lot of time, but one had to remember that

Map, and according to his estimates,

probably take

this technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone in person expedited training

the one teaching the warriors after he

had also been a possibility, but all three of

his momentum. At such a high level, one didn't count training in hours but in days. People on this level didn't train a couple of hours at a time but several days

particularly motivated to work on one's power, one should take advantage of it. Having Shang focus

comparison to him, George was basically standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could create his new and improved

George sacrificed some of

didn't have any time to spare due to his packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a

to Ranos and Soran. They will then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach it to the other teachers," George said. "After that, the teachers can teach the technique to

Soran would learn the technique very quickly, which made them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn the technique in quite a

go

almost like running an academy was quite effective

techniques that the barbarians use," Shang said. "We

the technique," George said. "Over the years, many barbarians fled to the Skythunder Kingdom. We

why did we

of the Bloodline Infusion," George answered, "the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is

was also focusing on adapting the barbarian strengthening technique to the Bloodline Infusion. This was my second big project, the first one

was. "You don't need to adapt it. I've been

and Jerald looked

since the issue was more related to the

fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald said with a

Shang raised an eyebrow.

only have access to the few barbarians that flee to our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't

for a long time, and

helps. After all, your recounting will be from the viewpoint

continued. "Another problem is that the Council and the other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts of