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 three days to

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

hadn't mastered the Star Map, and according to his estimates, he would need another three weeks or so to learn

would probably take

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

that George would be the one teaching the warriors

Shang had also been a possibility, but all three of

level, one didn't count training in hours but

power, one should take advantage of it. Having Shang focus on something else might break the flow of his training, which would

was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could create his new

loss if George sacrificed some of his

he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't be big fans of having a Mage teach

Soran. 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 the

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

would go

almost like running an academy was quite effective at teaching

the barbarians use,"

said. "Over the years, many barbarians

eyebrow. "And why did

Infusion," George answered, "the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless.

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

what the problem was. "You don't need to adapt

and Jerald looked at

since the issue was more related

politics, Shang,"

Shang raised an eyebrow.

and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We

been there for a long time, and

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

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