Sword God in a World of Magic

The world continued to change as more years passed.

Shang kept being isolated from the world, only hearing some news from Jerald.

Jerald's jovial and polite demeanor had vanished to a large degree after even his son had died.

Around 60 years ago, Jerald had been friends with basically all the different Dukes, had been on good terms with the Council, had George as a close friend, and had a son.

He had been at the prime of his life, and he had even owned quite a lot of Zones.

Everything had been going great.

And then, over the next 60 years, everything he owned began to vanish slowly.

He still had his personal power and wealth, but that was about it.

He only had one Zone now.

He was enemies with the Council.

He was enemies with all the Dukes.

George was dead.

Mattheo was dead.

Some of his close subordinates were dead.

And, worst of all, he knew who was responsible, but just like Shang, there was nothing he could do at the moment.

He could only swallow it until it was time.

Jerald's goal of becoming King had shifted.

Now, vengeance was above his goal of becoming King.

He wanted to kill all the people that had taken everything from him!

And the key to all of that was the weak little boy he had found inside one of his gardens around 60 years ago.

As more years passed, it became harder and harder for Jerald to keep up the mask.

At some point, he even started to completely ignore all the orders the Council sent to him.

This was already a grave violation of his position, and it was enough reason for the Council to take the Storm Eagle Zone away from him.

Yet, the war and impending civil war were the primary focus of the Council's mind. They couldn't afford to anger another Late High Mage with incredible power.

In fact, the situation was so bad that even two of the members of the Council had died on the frontlines.

traps with several exceedingly powerful High Mages attacking them at

years later, the Council did something that no one could have seen

offered Duke Whirlwind a seat

was rich with High Mages but poor with

were plenty of candidates for being a Duke, but only very

move, they extended an

under the rug, and he could join

gain a vast amount of authority over the

represent

so many powerful warriors in the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone

the frontlines

were everywhere except for the Storm Eagle

if Jerald accepted the invitation, that safe haven

do when

He didn't answer.

always blew them off, telling them

the Council was stuck in limbo. However,

the war calmed down, they would take

the Council and Jerald had

passed, the Council even sent out a decree that people should

wasn't running his Zone like they

of the oldest and most powerful Dukes, and

had assumed a position opposing

Zone had quintupled in size. There were even two True Path Stage warriors

Duke tried to enter the Storm Eagle

border anyway since

executed on the

outrage occurred,

Whirlwind a

was made illegal, and powerful

Council still didn't

attacked, they would lose many High Mages, and they couldn't afford these

wait until after

several people to demand Duke Whirlwind to give the land he illegally occupied back to the Skythunder Kingdom, but the messengers were always turned

these incidents as proof that they were the reasonable ones and

dangerous time, Duke Whirlwind was not helping the Kingdom but putting its citizens in even more

selfish, and had

didn't react to

the Council, and over 50% of the people

most of these

that over 90% of them

True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now had

nearly vanished. Essentially only Adepts and Apprentices directly related to the

difference in the war, which was why they couldn't stand up for what they believed in. Some of them wanted to remain, but when faced with the Council's overwhelming power, they could only

there were three High Mages left in