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.

him

time, but one had to remember that Jerald

according to his estimates, he would need

warrior would probably take several months to a year to

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

the one teaching the warriors after he comprehended the

Shang had also been a possibility, but all three of them voted against

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

and creativity came and 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 his training, which would

He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could

wouldn't be a loss if George sacrificed some of his time

he was a Mage. The

and Soran. They will then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage

technique very quickly, which made them perfect for passing on the

go

academy was quite effective at

barbarians use," Shang said. "We

George said. "Over the years, many barbarians fled

an eyebrow. "And why did we never teach

technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't

strengthening technique to the Bloodline Infusion. This was my

quite sure what the problem was. "You don't need to adapt it. I've been using it for a decade now,

and Jerald looked at

things since the issue was more related

information, fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald

Shang raised an eyebrow.

to the few barbarians that flee to our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't actually look into the Grandmountain Kingdom

a long time, and I can

all, your recounting will be from the viewpoint of a warrior

"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