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, and it took him about three days

time, but one had to remember that Jerald was

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

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

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

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

also been a possibility, but

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 time but several days

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

was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage

be a loss if George sacrificed some of

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

talented Commander

learn the technique very quickly, which made them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn the technique in quite a

go very

was almost like running an academy

the barbarians use," Shang said. "We can also

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

"And why did

only worked for the Soldier Stage, which

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

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

and Jerald

George gestured to Jerald to explain things since

and politics, Shang," Jerald said

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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

a long time, and I can

your

other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts of beasts. It