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

of time, but one had to remember that Jerald was

mastered the Star Map, and according to his estimates,

Commander Stage warrior would probably take

teach this technique to

the one teaching the warriors

Shang had also been a possibility, but all three

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 days. People on this level didn't train a couple of hours at a time but several days at a

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 flow of his training, which would

comparison to him, George was basically standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the

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

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

Commander Stage warriors while I teach it to the

Ranos and Soran would learn the technique very quickly, which made them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would

go

was almost like running an academy was quite

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

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

eyebrow. "And why did

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

I was also focusing on adapting the barbarian strengthening technique to the Bloodline Infusion. This was my second big project, the first one

sure what the problem was. "You don't need to adapt it. I've been using it for a decade now, and it works

Jerald looked at

explain things since the issue was more related to the

fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald

Shang raised an eyebrow.

few barbarians that flee to our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand

long time, and I can give you all

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

are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts of beasts. It seemed, and mind the pun,