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.

and it took him about three days to master

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

his estimates, he would need another three weeks or

that an average Mid Commander Stage warrior would probably take several months to a year to learn the

schedule to teach this technique to warriors. Having someone teach

the one teaching the warriors after he comprehended the Star Map

a possibility, but

momentum. At such a high level, one didn't count training

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

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

be a loss if George sacrificed some of his time

spare due to his packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a Mage. The warriors definitely wouldn't be

to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach it to the

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

would go very

academy was quite effective at teaching

the barbarians use," Shang said. "We can also teach

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

"And why

for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless.

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

to adapt it. I've been using it for

Jerald looked at

explain things since the issue was

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

Shang raised an eyebrow.

only have 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

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

definitely helps. After all, your recounting will

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, and mind the pun,