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

that Jerald was a

and according to his estimates, he would need another

Stage warrior would probably take several months to a

to create a proper schedule to teach this technique to warriors. Having someone teach someone in person expedited

it was decided that George would be the one teaching the warriors after he comprehended

also been a possibility,

teach someone else would break his momentum. At such a high level, one didn't count training in hours

went at seemingly random times. If one felt particularly motivated to work on one's power, one should take advantage of it. Having Shang focus on something else might break the

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

loss if George sacrificed some of his time to teach

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

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 technique to

quickly, which made them perfect for passing on the knowledge. The teachers

would go very

almost like running an academy was quite

know the strengthening techniques that the barbarians

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

raised an eyebrow. "And why did we

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

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

what the problem was. "You don't need to adapt it.

Jerald looked

to explain things since the

politics, Shang," Jerald

Shang raised an eyebrow.

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

long time, and I

After all, your recounting will be from the viewpoint of a

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, very