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 exceedingly powerful High Mages attacking

years later, the Council did something

Whirlwind a seat on the

Kingdom was rich with High Mages but

but only very few for being a member of the

this move, they extended an

under the rug, and he could

amount of authority over the

this would 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

hadn't been on the frontlines yet,

for the Storm

Jerald accepted the invitation,

do when the

He didn't answer.

blew them

stuck in

they

relationship between the Council

out a decree that people should avoid

like an embargo because Jerald wasn't running his Zone like they wanted

was one of the oldest and most powerful Dukes, and he

he had assumed a position opposing

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

Duke tried to enter the Storm Eagle Zone, they

time, a messenger tried to pass the border anyway since

executed on

after that, public outrage occurred, fueled

Duke Whirlwind

Zone was made illegal,

the Council still

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

wait until after

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

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

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

and

didn't react to these

people believed the Council, and over 50% of the people

most of

see that over 90% of

the Storm Eagle Zone now had only around

and Apprentices directly related to the 15 True Mages were

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

High Mages left in