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 master

a lot of time, but one had to remember that Jerald was a

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

that an average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months to a year

this technique to warriors. Having someone teach

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

possibility, but

didn't count training in hours but in days. People on this level didn't train a couple of hours at a

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

for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could create his new and improved

loss if George sacrificed some of his time to teach

and on top of that, he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't be big fans of having a Mage teach

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

passing on the knowledge. The teachers

go

running an academy was quite effective at

techniques that the barbarians use," Shang said.

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

why did we never

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

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

need to adapt it. I've been using it for a decade now, and it works just

Jerald looked at

to explain things since

and politics, Shang," Jerald said

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 and

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

said, "and your recounting of the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will be from

the issues," Jerald continued. "Another problem is that the Council and the other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts of beasts. It seemed, and mind the