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.

learned it, and it took him about

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

the Star Map, and according to his estimates, he would

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

proper schedule to teach this technique

that George would be the one teaching

Shang had also been a possibility, but

training in hours but in days. People on this level didn't train a couple of hours at a time but several days

motivation, inspiration, and creativity came and went at seemingly random times. If one felt particularly motivated to work on one's power, one should

only waiting for Mervin to finally reach the True Path Stage so that he could

a loss if George sacrificed some

have any time to spare due to his packed schedule, and on top of that, he was a Mage. The warriors

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

for passing on the knowledge. The teachers would probably also learn the technique

would go

almost like running an academy was quite effective at teaching

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

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

why did we never teach

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

I was also focusing on adapting the barbarian strengthening technique to the

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

Jerald looked

to Jerald to explain things since the issue was more related

fear, and politics, Shang," Jerald said

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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 are, making the

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

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

Council and the other Dukes are making problems. They don't want warriors to eat the hearts