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

wasn't a lot of time, but one had to remember that Jerald was

estimates, he would need another three weeks or so to

Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several

create a proper schedule to teach this technique to warriors. Having someone teach

was decided that George would be the one

possibility, but all three of them voted against

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

inspiration, and creativity came and went at seemingly random times. If one felt particularly motivated to work on one's power, one should take advantage of

was basically standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True

George sacrificed

spare due to his packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a Mage. The warriors definitely

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

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

go

was almost like running an academy was quite effective at teaching

that the barbarians use,"

of the technique," George said. "Over the years, many barbarians fled

"And why did we never teach

of the Bloodline Infusion," George answered, "the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we

the past couple of years, I was also focusing on adapting the barbarian strengthening technique to the Bloodline Infusion. This was my second

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

Jerald

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

fear, and politics,

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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

Shang asked. "I've been there for a long time, and

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

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