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, and it took him

but one had to remember that Jerald was

Map, and according to his estimates, he would need another three

Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months to a year

to create a proper schedule to teach this technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone in

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

possibility, but

his momentum. At such a high level, one didn't count training in hours but in

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

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

sacrificed some of his time to teach

have any time to spare due to his packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't be big

I will teach it to Ranos and Soran. They will then teach it to the most talented Commander

passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn

would go very

was almost like running an academy was quite effective at teaching

barbarians use," Shang said. "We can also

many barbarians fled to

"And why did we never teach

worked for the Soldier Stage,

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

problem was. "You don't need to adapt it. I've been using it for a decade

Jerald looked at

explain things since the issue was more related to the

information, fear, and politics,

Shang raised an eyebrow.

few barbarians that flee to our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't actually look into the Grandmountain

for a long time, and I can give

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

are making problems. They don't want warriors to