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.

several exceedingly powerful High Mages attacking

the Council did something

offered Duke Whirlwind a seat on the

with High Mages but poor with

of candidates for being a Duke, but only very few for being

they extended an olive

that Jerald's past conduct would be swept under the rug, and

gain a vast amount of authority over the entire

also represent the

reason 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 warriors that didn't want to join the

that hadn't been on the frontlines yet, and if they found one of the warriors, they would

except for the

if Jerald accepted the invitation, that safe

Jerald do when the invitation

He didn't answer.

invitations, but Jerald always blew them off, telling

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

they would take care of

relationship between the Council

the Council even sent out a decree that people should avoid the Storm

Jerald wasn't running his Zone like they wanted him

of the oldest and most powerful Dukes, and he

Jerald was below the Council, but unofficially, he had assumed a position opposing them at the

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

enter the Storm Eagle Zone, they would be dissuaded in a

border anyway since he

executed on the

after that, public outrage

called Duke Whirlwind a deserter

was made illegal,

Council still

Mages, and they couldn't afford these losses during this intense

until after the

the Council sent several people to demand Duke Whirlwind to give the land he illegally occupied back

these incidents as proof that they were the reasonable ones and that it was Duke

such a dangerous time, Duke Whirlwind was not helping the Kingdom

power-hungry, selfish, and had no concept of

didn't react to

over 50% of the

more, most of these people were

one only looked at the Mages, one would see that over 90%

of True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now had

Essentially only Adepts and

not powerful enough to make a 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

least there were three High Mages left in the