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 about three days to master

that Jerald

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

warrior would probably take

teach this technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone in person expedited

was decided that George would be the one teaching the

Shang had also been a possibility, but all three of

teach someone else would break his momentum. At such a high level, one didn't count training in hours but

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

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

if George sacrificed some of his

of that, he was

I will teach it 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. "After that, the teachers can teach the technique to

made them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn the technique in quite a short amount

would go very

academy was quite effective

that the barbarians use," Shang said. "We

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

"And why did we

Infusion," George answered, "the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't have access

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

to adapt it. I've been using it for a decade

and Jerald looked

things since

and politics, Shang," Jerald

Shang raised an eyebrow.

listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't actually look into the Grandmountain Kingdom and see how things really

been there for a long time, and I can

Jerald said, "and your recounting of the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will

the Council and the other Dukes are making problems.