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.

had been the victims of extremely elaborate traps with several exceedingly powerful High

the Council did something that no

offered Duke Whirlwind a seat on

was rich with High Mages but poor with

but only very few for

move, they extended an olive branch to

swept under the rug, and he

amount

represent

the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a safe haven for all the warriors that didn't want to

across 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 forced to fight

were everywhere except for the

invitation, that

do when the invitation

He didn't answer.

but Jerald always blew them off, telling

of that, the Council was stuck in limbo. However, they would never forget

down, they would take care

the relationship between the Council and Jerald had become

passed, the Council even sent out a decree that people

it was phrased like an embargo because Jerald wasn't running his Zone like they wanted him to, but most people

and most powerful Dukes, and he could probably even look

had assumed

years later, the guards stationed at the borders of the Storm Eagle Zone had quintupled in size. There were even two True Path Stage

to enter the Storm Eagle Zone, they

a messenger tried to pass the border anyway since he was delivering orders

executed on

outrage occurred, fueled by the

Whirlwind a deserter

made illegal,

Council still

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

until after the war was

to give the land he illegally occupied back to the

ones and that it was Duke Whirlwind that refused

was not helping the Kingdom but putting its citizens in even

power-hungry, selfish, and had no concept

react to these

the Council, and over 50% of the people living in the Storm Eagle

most of

the Mages, one would see that over 90% of them had left

terms of True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now

only Adepts and

for

Mages left in the Storm