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.

him about three

to remember that Jerald was a Late High Mage. His

Star Map, and according to his estimates, he

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

to teach this technique to

would be the one teaching the warriors after he

a possibility, but all three of them

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

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,

comparison 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 his new

George sacrificed some

didn't 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 fans of having

Ranos and 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

for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn the technique in quite

would go

academy was quite effective at teaching

that the barbarians use," Shang said. "We can also

"Over the years, many barbarians fled to

an eyebrow. "And why did we

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

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

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

Jerald looked at

gestured to Jerald to explain things since the issue was more related to the

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

Shang raised an eyebrow.

Kingdom, and we 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

for a long time, and I can give you

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

making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts