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 them at the

the Council did something that no one could

Whirlwind a seat on the

with High Mages but

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

this move, they extended an olive

that Jerald's past conduct would be swept under the rug,

would gain a vast amount

this would also represent

Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a

were several Circles traveling across the entire Kingdom, searching for warriors that hadn't been on the frontlines yet, and if they found one of the warriors, they would be forced to fight for

were everywhere except for the

accepted the invitation, that safe

do when

He didn't answer.

them off, telling them that he needed more time

in limbo. However,

the war calmed down, they would take care

the relationship between the

even sent out a

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

powerful Dukes, and he could probably even look eye-to-eye with the

Council, but unofficially, he had assumed a position opposing

the borders of the Storm Eagle Zone had quintupled in size. There were even two True Path Stage warriors and a High

another Duke tried to enter the Storm Eagle Zone,

a messenger tried to pass the border anyway

executed on the

outrage occurred, fueled by the

Duke Whirlwind a deserter and

was made illegal, and

the Council still didn't dare to

they would lose many High Mages, and they couldn't afford these losses during this intense

wait until after the war

illegally occupied back to the Skythunder Kingdom,

used these incidents as proof that they were the reasonable ones and that

helping the Kingdom but putting its citizens in

power-hungry, selfish, and

didn't react to these

believed the Council, and over 50% of the people living in the Storm Eagle Zone

of these people

see that over 90% of them had

Mages, the Storm Eagle

had nearly vanished. Essentially only Adepts and Apprentices directly related to the 15

was why they couldn't stand up for what they believed in. Some

were three High Mages left in the Storm