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.

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

Council did something that no

Duke Whirlwind a seat

was rich with High Mages but poor

were plenty of candidates for being a Duke, but only very few for being a

move, they extended an olive branch

swept under the rug, and

gain a vast amount of authority

also represent the

warriors in the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a safe haven for all the warriors that didn't want to join the

the frontlines yet, and if they found one of the warriors, they

except for

invitation, that safe

did Jerald do when the invitation

He didn't answer.

invitations, but Jerald always blew them off, telling

that, the Council was stuck in limbo. However,

they would take care of

the Council and

more time passed, the Council even sent out a decree

embargo because Jerald wasn't running his Zone like they wanted him to, but most people had already seen

powerful Dukes, and he could probably even

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

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

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

messenger tried to pass the border anyway since

was executed on

outrage occurred, fueled by

Duke Whirlwind a deserter and

Eagle Zone was made illegal, and powerful guards were

still didn't

they actually attacked, they would lose many High Mages, and they

to wait until after the war was

Duke Whirlwind to give the land he illegally

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

helping the Kingdom but putting its citizens

and had no concept

react to these

and over 50% of the people living in the

more, most of

see that over 90% of

Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now had

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 when faced with the Council's

left