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 days to

remember that Jerald

mastered the Star Map, and according to his estimates, he

Commander Stage warrior would probably

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

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

been a possibility, but

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

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 it. Having Shang focus on something else might break the

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

wouldn't be a loss if George sacrificed some of his time to teach

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 them a technique specifically for

They will then 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

them perfect for passing

would go very

was almost like running an academy was quite effective at

the strengthening techniques that the barbarians use," Shang said. "We can also

the years, many barbarians fled to the

eyebrow. "And why

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

past couple of years, I was also focusing on adapting the barbarian strengthening technique to

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

Jerald looked at

to explain things since the issue was more

fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald said

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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

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

the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will be from the viewpoint of a

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