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

later, the Council did something

a seat

Mages but poor with truly powerful High

Duke, but only very few for being a

move, they extended

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

amount of

also represent the

the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a safe haven for

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

were everywhere except for the Storm

accepted the invitation, that safe

do when

He didn't answer.

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

that, the Council was stuck in limbo.

the war calmed down, they

the Council and Jerald

more time passed, the Council even sent out a decree that people should avoid the Storm

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 seen the

powerful Dukes, and he could probably

he had assumed a position

at the borders of the Storm Eagle Zone had quintupled

the Council or another Duke tried to enter the Storm Eagle Zone, they would be dissuaded in a

anyway since he was

messenger was executed on

after that, public outrage occurred, fueled

called Duke Whirlwind a deserter

the Storm Eagle Zone was made illegal, and powerful guards

the Council still didn't dare

attacked, they would lose many High Mages, and they couldn't afford

had to wait until after the war

give the land he illegally occupied back to the Skythunder Kingdom, but the messengers were always turned away at the

the reasonable ones and that it was Duke

was not helping the Kingdom but putting its

power-hungry, selfish, and

didn't react to these

believed the Council, and over 50% of the people

of

one only looked at the Mages, one would see that over 90% of them had left

True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now had only around 15

and Apprentices directly related to the 15 True Mages were

for what they believed in. Some of them wanted to remain, but when faced

there were three High Mages left in the Storm Eagle Zone,