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 took him about three days to

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

according to his estimates, he

would probably take several months to a year to

schedule to teach this technique to warriors. Having someone

that George would be the

been a possibility,

was 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 hours but in days. People on this level didn't train a

felt particularly motivated to work on one's power, one should take

George was basically standing still. He was only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could create his new and

if George sacrificed

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

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

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

would go very

like running an academy was quite effective at

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

know of the technique," George said. "Over the years, many barbarians fled to the Skythunder Kingdom.

why did we never

strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is

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

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

and Jerald

Jerald to explain things since the issue was more

politics, Shang," Jerald

Shang raised an eyebrow.

flee to our Kingdom, and we can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't

long time, and I can give

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

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