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.

took him about three days

but one had to remember that Jerald was a

the Star Map, and according to his estimates, he would need another three weeks or

guessed that an average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take

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

be the one teaching the warriors after

been a possibility, but all

level, one didn't count training in hours but in days. People on this level didn't train

motivation, inspiration, 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

George was basically standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he

if George sacrificed some

top of that, he was a Mage. The

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.

perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably

would go very

like running an academy

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

of the technique," George said. "Over the years, many

raised an eyebrow. "And why did we never teach

Infusion," George answered, "the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't have access to this so-called Ascension of the Grandmountain

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

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

and Jerald looked

George gestured to Jerald to explain things since the issue was more related to

and politics, Shang," Jerald said with

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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 and see how

been there for a long time, and I

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

the other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat