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.

victims of extremely elaborate traps with several

years later, the Council did something that

Duke Whirlwind a seat

High Mages but poor with truly powerful

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

move, they extended an olive branch to

meant that Jerald's past conduct would be swept under the

gain a vast amount of authority over the

also represent

in the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a safe haven for all the

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

invitation, that safe haven

did Jerald do when the

He didn't answer.

always blew them off, telling them that he needed

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

war calmed down, they would take care of

now, the relationship between the Council

more time passed, the Council even sent out a decree that people should avoid the Storm

Jerald wasn't running his Zone like they wanted him to, but most people had already seen the

Dukes, and he could probably even look eye-to-eye with the

below the Council, but unofficially, he had assumed a position

the borders of the Storm Eagle Zone had quintupled in size.

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

tried to pass the border anyway

was executed on the

after that, public outrage occurred, fueled

Duke Whirlwind a

to the Storm Eagle Zone was made illegal, and powerful guards were stationed at

Council still

actually attacked, they would lose many High Mages, and they

until after the war

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

the reasonable ones and

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

power-hungry, selfish, and had no concept of

didn't react

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

more, most of

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

True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now had only

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

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

Mages left