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.

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

Council did something that

a seat on the

with High Mages but poor with truly

of candidates for being a Duke, but only very

extended an olive branch to

Jerald's past conduct would be swept under the rug, and he could join the Council

would gain a vast amount of authority

represent the

and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted

Circles traveling across the entire Kingdom, searching for warriors that hadn't been on the frontlines yet,

except for the Storm Eagle

Jerald accepted the invitation, that safe haven

do when the invitation

He didn't answer.

always blew them off, telling them that he needed more time to

the Council was stuck in limbo. However, they would never forget this

calmed down, they would take

now, the relationship between the Council and Jerald

a decree that people

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

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

unofficially, he had assumed a position opposing

years later, the guards stationed at the borders of the Storm Eagle Zone had quintupled in

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

tried to pass the border anyway since he was

was executed

that, public outrage occurred, fueled by

Duke Whirlwind a deserter and

illegal, and powerful guards were

still didn't

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

wait until after the war was

sent several people to demand Duke Whirlwind to give the land he illegally occupied back to the Skythunder Kingdom, but the messengers were always turned away at the

as proof that they were the reasonable ones and that it was Duke Whirlwind that refused to

was not helping the Kingdom but putting

power-hungry, selfish, and

didn't react to these

of the people living in the Storm

most of these people were

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

True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now had only around

had nearly vanished. Essentially only Adepts and Apprentices directly related

Apprentices were not powerful enough to make a difference in the war, which was why they couldn't stand up for what they believed

Mages left in the Storm