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 took him about three days to master

of time, but one had to remember that Jerald was a Late High Mage. His mind was

mastered the Star Map, and according to his estimates, he would need another three weeks or

Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several

teach this technique to

the one teaching the

course, Shang had also been a possibility, but all three

was 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 level didn't train

at seemingly random times. If one felt particularly motivated to work on one's power, one should take advantage of it. Having Shang focus

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

be a loss if George sacrificed some of his

that, he was a Mage.

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

learn the technique very quickly, which made them perfect for passing on the

go very

an academy

the barbarians use," Shang

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

"And why did we never

"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

the barbarian strengthening technique to the

still wasn't quite sure what the problem was. "You don't need to adapt it.

and Jerald looked at

explain things since the issue was more related to the

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

Shang raised an eyebrow.

flee to our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't actually look

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

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

other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the