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

one had to remember that Jerald was a Late

according to his estimates, he would need another three weeks or

Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months to a

to teach this technique

George would be the one teaching the

a possibility, but all three

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

one's power, one should take advantage of it.

only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True

loss if George sacrificed some of his time to teach

he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't be big

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

nodded. Ranos and Soran would learn the technique very quickly, which made them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers

would go

was almost like running an academy was quite effective at teaching

also know the strengthening techniques that the barbarians use," Shang said. "We can also teach

"Over the years, many barbarians

raised an eyebrow. "And why did we never teach

the invention of the Bloodline 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

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

and Jerald looked

explain things since the issue was more

of information, fear, and politics, Shang,"

Shang raised an eyebrow.

only have access to the few barbarians that flee to our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't actually look into the Grandmountain Kingdom and see how things really are, making

there for a long time, and I

the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will

and the other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts of beasts. It seemed, and mind the pun, very barbaric