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 exceedingly

did something that no

offered Duke Whirlwind a

was rich with High Mages but

but only very few for being

this move, they extended an olive branch

be swept under the rug,

vast amount of authority over the entire

this would also represent the stagnation of

even so many powerful warriors in the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a

Kingdom, searching for warriors that hadn't been on the frontlines yet, and if they found one of the warriors, they would be forced

everywhere except for the Storm Eagle

accepted the invitation, that safe haven

do when the

He didn't answer.

three more invitations, but Jerald always blew them off, telling them that he needed more time to

Council was stuck in limbo. However,

calmed down, they would take care of

between the Council and Jerald had

even sent out a decree that people should avoid the

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

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

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

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

Duke tried to enter the Storm Eagle Zone, they would be dissuaded in

to pass the border anyway since he was delivering orders

executed on

that, public outrage occurred, fueled

Whirlwind a deserter

was made illegal, and powerful

the Council still didn't dare to

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

wait until after

land he illegally occupied back to the Skythunder Kingdom, but the messengers

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

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

selfish, and

react to

50% of the people living in the Storm

more, most of these people

that over 90%

terms of True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now

only Adepts and Apprentices directly related

why they couldn't stand up for what they believed in. Some of them wanted to remain, but when faced with the Council's

there were three High Mages left in the Storm