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.

extremely elaborate traps with several exceedingly powerful

years later, the Council did something

offered Duke Whirlwind a seat

Kingdom was rich with High Mages but poor

but only

this move, they extended an olive

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

a vast amount of

also represent

even so many powerful warriors in the first place, and the Storm Eagle

hadn't been on the frontlines yet, and if they found one of the warriors, they would be

everywhere except for the

the invitation, that

do when the

He didn't answer.

Jerald always blew them off, telling them that he needed more

the Council was stuck in limbo. However,

down, they

relationship between the Council and

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

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

was one of the oldest and most powerful Dukes,

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

years later, the guards stationed at the borders of the Storm Eagle Zone had quintupled in size. There were

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

the border anyway since he was delivering orders from the Council

was executed on the

after that, public outrage occurred, fueled by the

Duke Whirlwind a deserter

made illegal, and powerful guards were stationed at

still didn't

many High Mages, and they couldn't

until after the

demand Duke Whirlwind to give the land he illegally occupied back to the Skythunder Kingdom, but the messengers were

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

not helping the Kingdom but putting its

power-hungry, selfish, and

react

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

most of these

Mages, one would see that over 90% of them

terms of True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone

nearly vanished. Essentially only Adepts and Apprentices

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

Mages left in the Storm