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

of time, but one had to remember that Jerald

his estimates, he would need another three weeks or

Stage warrior would probably take

a proper schedule to teach this technique to warriors.

the end, it was decided that George would be the one teaching the warriors after he comprehended the Star Map

possibility, but all three of

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

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

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 his new

George sacrificed some of his time to teach

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 big fans of having a Mage teach

teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach it to the other teachers," George said. "After that, the teachers

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

would go very

an academy was quite

that the barbarians use," Shang

already know of the technique," George said. "Over the years, many

eyebrow. "And why did we never teach

the Soldier Stage,

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

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

Jerald looked

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

fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald said with a

Shang raised an eyebrow.

only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't actually look into the Grandmountain Kingdom and see how things really are, making the information foggy

been there for a long time, and I can give

events definitely helps. After all, your

only 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 beasts. It seemed, and mind the