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.

learned it, and it took him about three

a lot of time, but one had to remember that Jerald was

estimates, he would need another three weeks or so to

an average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months to

this technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone

that George would be the one teaching

Shang had also been a possibility, but

didn't count training in hours but in days. People on this level

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

waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True

George sacrificed some of his time to teach

his packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't be

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

Ranos and Soran would 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 short amount

go

almost like running an academy was quite effective at

also know the strengthening techniques that the barbarians

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

"And why did

for the Soldier Stage,

barbarian strengthening technique to the Bloodline Infusion. This was

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

Jerald looked at

gestured to Jerald to explain things since the

information, fear, and politics,

Shang raised an eyebrow.

our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We

long time, and I can give you

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

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