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 about three days to

but one had to remember that Jerald was a Late High Mage.

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

probably take several months to

technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone in

that George would be the one teaching the warriors after

also been a possibility, but all three of them

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

work on one's power, one should take advantage of it. Having Shang focus on something

George was basically standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to finally

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

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

They will then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach it to the other

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

go very

an academy was quite effective at teaching

that the barbarians use,"

years, many barbarians fled to the Skythunder Kingdom.

why

invention of the Bloodline Infusion," George answered, "the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't have access to

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

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

Jerald looked

since the

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

Shang raised an eyebrow.

access to the 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 Kingdom and see how things really

"I've been there for a long time, and I can give you all these

recounting of the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting

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