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.

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

something that no one

offered Duke Whirlwind a

rich with High Mages

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

extended an olive branch to

conduct would be swept under the rug, and he could join the Council as a full

amount of authority over the

would also represent the

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 forced to fight for

everywhere except for the Storm

if Jerald accepted the invitation, that safe haven

do when the

He didn't answer.

but Jerald always blew them off, telling them

stuck in limbo. However, they would never forget this

they would take care of

relationship between the Council and Jerald

time passed, the Council even sent out a decree that

like an embargo because Jerald wasn't running his Zone

and most powerful Dukes,

unofficially, he had assumed a position opposing them at the same

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

anyone under orders of the Council or another Duke tried to enter the

anyway since he was

messenger was executed on the

after that, public outrage occurred, fueled by the

called Duke Whirlwind a

Zone was made illegal, and powerful guards were stationed

still

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

to wait until after

land he illegally occupied back to the Skythunder Kingdom,

reasonable ones and that it was Duke Whirlwind that refused to let things end

not helping the Kingdom but putting its citizens in

and

didn't react to these

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

most of these

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

of True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone

Apprentices had nearly vanished. Essentially only Adepts and Apprentices directly related to the 15 True Mages

war, which was why they couldn't stand up for what

three High Mages left in the Storm Eagle Zone, including