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 about three

remember that Jerald was a Late High

Map, and according to his estimates, he would need another three weeks or so to learn

guessed that an average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several

this technique to warriors. Having someone

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

a possibility, but all three of them

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 days. People on this

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 be

waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he

George sacrificed some of his time to

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

Commander Stage warriors while I teach it

them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn

would go

academy was quite effective

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

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

"And why did

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

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

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

and Jerald looked at

since

of information, fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald said with

Shang raised an eyebrow.

can only listen to their first-hand accounts.

Shang asked. "I've been there for a long time,

the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will be from the viewpoint of a warrior and not from a

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 pun, very barbaric