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

but one had to remember that Jerald was a Late High Mage. His

and according to his estimates, he

warrior would probably take several months to a year to learn the Star

proper schedule to teach this technique to warriors. Having someone

was decided that George would be the one teaching the warriors after he comprehended the

a possibility, but all

his momentum. At such a high level, one didn't count training in

If one felt particularly motivated to work on one's power, one

George was basically standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could create his

be a loss if George sacrificed some

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

I master the technique, I will teach it to Ranos and Soran. They will then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach

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

would go very

running an academy was quite effective at teaching

techniques that the barbarians use," Shang

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

an eyebrow. "And why did we never

"the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't have access to this so-called

strengthening technique to

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

and Jerald looked at

George gestured to Jerald to explain things since

fear, and politics,

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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 the information foggy and

been there for a long time, and I can

events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will be from the viewpoint of a warrior and not from a

is that the Council and the other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts of