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.

been the victims of extremely elaborate traps with several exceedingly powerful High Mages attacking them

later, the Council did something that

Whirlwind a seat on the

Skythunder Kingdom was rich with High Mages but

candidates for being a Duke, but

move, they extended an olive branch

be swept under the

would gain a vast amount of authority over

represent the

why there were even so many powerful warriors in the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a safe haven for all the

the entire Kingdom, searching for warriors that hadn't been on the frontlines yet, and if they found one of the warriors, they would be

were everywhere except for the Storm

if Jerald accepted the invitation, that safe haven

do when

He didn't answer.

Jerald always blew them off, telling them that he needed more

was stuck in

war calmed down, they would

now, the relationship between the Council and Jerald

sent out a decree

embargo because Jerald wasn't running his Zone like they wanted

powerful Dukes, and he

he had assumed a position

of the Storm Eagle Zone had quintupled in size. There were even two True Path Stage warriors and a High

the Council or another Duke tried to enter the Storm Eagle Zone, they would

tried to pass the border anyway since he was

messenger was executed

outrage occurred,

called Duke Whirlwind a

the Storm Eagle Zone was made illegal, and

still

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

until after the war was

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

reasonable ones and that it

a dangerous time, Duke Whirlwind was not helping the Kingdom but putting its

power-hungry, selfish, and had no

react to

over 50% of the people living in the Storm Eagle Zone

more, most of these people

one would see that over 90% of them had left the Storm Eagle

the Storm Eagle Zone now had

vanished. Essentially only Adepts and Apprentices directly related to 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

were three High Mages left in the Storm Eagle