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.

it took him about three days

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

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

average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months

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

would be the one teaching the warriors after he comprehended the Star

also been a possibility, but all

a high level, one didn't count training in hours but in days. People

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,

Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could create his new and

be a loss if George sacrificed some

Jerald didn't have any time to spare due to his packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't be

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

very quickly, which made them perfect for passing

would go very

almost like running an academy was quite effective at

the strengthening techniques that the barbarians use," Shang

of the technique," George said. "Over the years, many barbarians fled to

eyebrow. "And why did we never

"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

strengthening technique to the Bloodline Infusion. This was my

still wasn't quite sure what the problem was. "You don't need to adapt it. I've been using it

and Jerald looked at

Jerald to explain things since the issue was more

and politics, Shang," Jerald said with

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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

for a long time, and I can give you all these

definitely helps. After all, your recounting will

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