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.

and it took him

time, but one had to remember that Jerald was a Late High Mage.

hadn't mastered the Star Map, and according to his estimates, he would need another

guessed that an average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several

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

be the one teaching the warriors after he comprehended

had also been a possibility,

very quickly, and forcing him to teach someone else 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 train a couple of hours at

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 be

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

George sacrificed some of

that, he was a Mage.

then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors

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

would go very

academy was quite

also know the strengthening techniques that the barbarians

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

raised an eyebrow. "And why

Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After

of years, 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 Path

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

Jerald looked at

since the issue was more related to

fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald said

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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

been there for a long time, and I can give

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

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