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

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

mastered the Star Map, and according to his estimates, he would need another

average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months to a year to learn the Star

teach this technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone in person expedited

George would be the one teaching the warriors

had also been a possibility, but all three of them voted

growing very quickly, and forcing him to teach someone else would break his momentum. At such a high level, one didn't count training in hours but in

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

standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to

a loss if George sacrificed some of his time to teach

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

and Soran. They will then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach it to the other teachers,"

learn the technique very quickly, which made them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn the technique

would go

was almost like running an academy was quite effective at

that the barbarians use," Shang said.

the years, many barbarians fled

raised an eyebrow. "And why did we never

the Bloodline Infusion," George answered, "the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage,

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

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

Jerald

Jerald to explain things since

fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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

"I've been there for a long time, and I can give

the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will be

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