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 to

that Jerald was

mastered the Star Map, and according to his estimates, he would

average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months to a year to learn the Star

technique to warriors. Having someone teach

the end, it was decided that George would be the one

had also been a possibility, but all

growing 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 a

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

for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so

George sacrificed some

top of that, he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't be big fans of having a Mage teach them a

technique, I will teach it to Ranos and Soran. They will then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach

technique very quickly, which made them perfect for passing on

go very

almost like running an academy was

strengthening techniques that the barbarians use,"

said. "Over the years, many

raised an eyebrow. "And why did we

Infusion," George answered, "the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless.

the barbarian strengthening technique to the Bloodline

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

and Jerald looked at

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

information, fear, and politics, Shang,"

Shang raised an eyebrow.

barbarians that flee to our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand

been there for a long time, and I can give you

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

solves 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