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.

took him about three days to

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

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

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

to create a proper schedule to teach this technique to

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

possibility, but all three of

a high level, one didn't count training in hours but in days. People on this level didn't train

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 his

waiting for Mervin to finally reach the

loss if George sacrificed some of his time to

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 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

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

would go

like running an academy was quite effective at teaching

that the barbarians use," Shang said. "We can

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

an eyebrow. "And why did

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 to this so-called Ascension of the

on adapting the barbarian strengthening technique to the Bloodline

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

and Jerald looked

George gestured to Jerald to explain things since the issue was more

politics, Shang," Jerald said with

Shang raised an eyebrow.

Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't actually look

there for a long

recounting of the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting

one of the issues," Jerald continued. "Another problem is that the Council and the other Dukes are making