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

remember that Jerald was

Star Map, and according to his estimates, he

Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months to a

this technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone in

was decided that George would be the one

a possibility, but all three

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

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

to finally reach the True Path Stage

if George sacrificed some of

of that, he was

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.

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

would go very

academy was quite effective at teaching

also know the strengthening techniques that the barbarians use," Shang said. "We can also teach

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

eyebrow. "And why

Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't have access to this so-called

on adapting the barbarian strengthening technique to

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

Jerald looked at

to explain things since the issue was

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

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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,

the events definitely helps. After all, your recounting will

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 hearts of beasts. It seemed,