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.

elaborate traps with several

the Council did something that no one

offered Duke Whirlwind a seat on

Kingdom was rich with High Mages but poor with truly

candidates for being a Duke, but only very few

this move, they extended an

be swept under the rug, and he could join

amount of

would also represent

powerful warriors in the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a safe

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

everywhere except for

invitation, that safe haven

do when the

He didn't answer.

Jerald always blew them off,

in limbo. However, they would never forget this

calmed down, they would take care of

between the Council and Jerald

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

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

of the oldest and most powerful Dukes, and he could probably even look eye-to-eye

unofficially, he had assumed

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

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

the border anyway since he was delivering

was executed on

after that, public outrage occurred, fueled by the

Duke Whirlwind a deserter

made illegal,

still

High Mages, and they couldn't afford these losses

until

he illegally occupied back to the Skythunder Kingdom, but the messengers were always

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

a dangerous time, Duke Whirlwind was not helping the

and

didn't react to these

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

of

at the Mages, one would see that over 90%

the Storm Eagle Zone now had only around

only Adepts and

and Apprentices were 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

there were three High Mages left