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 three days

to remember that Jerald was a Late High Mage. His mind was

according to his estimates, he would need another three weeks or so to learn

probably take

had to create a proper schedule to teach this technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone in

was decided that George would be the one teaching the warriors after he comprehended the Star

possibility, but all three of them

would break his momentum. At such a high level, one didn't count training in hours but in days. People on this level didn't

went at seemingly random times. If one felt particularly motivated to work on one's power, one should take advantage of it. Having Shang focus on something else might break the flow of

He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True

loss if George sacrificed

he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't

They will then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach it to the other teachers,"

made them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn the

go

like running an academy

the barbarians use," Shang said.

"Over the years, many barbarians fled to the Skythunder Kingdom. We already know the

"And why

worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't have access to this so-called Ascension

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

"You don't need to adapt it. I've been using it for a decade now,

and Jerald looked at

explain things since the

politics, Shang,"

Shang raised an eyebrow.

to their first-hand

for a long time, and I can give you

of the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will be from the viewpoint of a warrior

one of the issues," Jerald continued. "Another problem is that the Council and the other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts of beasts. It seemed, and mind