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 about three days to master

of time, but one had to remember that Jerald was a Late

according to his estimates, he

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

proper schedule to teach this technique to

be the one

had also been a possibility,

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

power, one should take advantage of it. Having Shang focus on something else might break the flow of his training, which would

to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could create his

sacrificed some of his time to teach

packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a

to the most talented Commander Stage warriors while I teach it to the other teachers,"

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

would go very

like running an academy

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

the years, many barbarians

"And why

"the strengthening technique only worked for the Soldier Stage, which is basically worthless. After all, we didn't have access to this so-called

barbarian strengthening technique to the Bloodline Infusion. This was my

still wasn't quite sure what the problem was. "You don't need to adapt it. I've been using

and Jerald looked

things since the issue was more related to

fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald said

Shang raised an eyebrow.

can only listen to their first-hand accounts. We can't

there for a long time, and I can give you all

of the events definitely helps. After all, your

only 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