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.

the victims of extremely elaborate traps with several exceedingly powerful High

something that no

Duke Whirlwind a

was rich with High Mages but poor with truly powerful High

Duke, but

this move, they extended an

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

would gain a vast amount of authority over

represent the

was the only reason why there were even so many powerful warriors in the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as

the frontlines yet, and if

were everywhere except for the

invitation, that safe haven

Jerald do

He didn't answer.

Council sent three more invitations, but Jerald always blew them off, telling them that he needed

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

down, they would

relationship between the Council

Council even sent out a decree that people

an embargo because Jerald wasn't running his Zone

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

the Council, but unofficially, he had assumed

had quintupled in size. There were even two True Path Stage warriors and a High Mage standing

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

pass the border anyway since he was

executed on

outrage

Duke Whirlwind a deserter

Eagle Zone was made illegal, and powerful guards were

still didn't dare

actually attacked, they would lose many High Mages,

to wait until after the

land he illegally occupied back

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

was not helping the Kingdom but putting

was power-hungry, selfish, and had no concept

react to

Council, and over 50% of the people

more, most of these people were

the Mages, one would see that

True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now had only

Essentially only Adepts and Apprentices directly related to the 15 True

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

there were three High Mages left in the Storm