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.

took him about three days to master

remember that Jerald was a Late High Mage. His mind was

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

Stage warrior would probably take several months to

proper schedule to teach this technique to warriors.

be the one teaching the warriors after he

been a possibility, but all three of

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

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

him, George was basically standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path

George sacrificed

his packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a Mage.

I 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 teach it to the other teachers," George said. "After that, the teachers can teach

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

would go very

almost like running an academy

barbarians use," Shang said.

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

raised an eyebrow. "And why did we never teach

for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't have access

the past couple of years, I was also focusing on adapting the barbarian strengthening technique to the Bloodline Infusion. This was my second big project, the first one being the

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

and Jerald looked at

explain things since the issue was more related to the

and politics, Shang," Jerald

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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

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

know," Jerald said, "and your recounting of the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will be from the viewpoint

solves one of the issues," Jerald continued. "Another problem is that the Council and the other Dukes are making