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

one had to remember that

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

Stage warrior would probably take several months to a

technique to

would be the one teaching

been a possibility, but all three of them voted against

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 a couple of hours

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

He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could create his new and improved

sacrificed some

packed schedule, and on top of that, he was

then teach it to the most talented Commander Stage warriors

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

would go very

academy was quite effective at

barbarians use," Shang

technique," George said. "Over the years, many barbarians fled

eyebrow. "And why

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

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

"You don't need to adapt it. I've been using it

Jerald

to explain things since the issue was more related to the

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 are, making the information foggy

there for a long time, and I can give you

of the events definitely helps. After all, your

solves one of the issues," Jerald continued. "Another problem is that the Council and the other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the