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

did something that

offered Duke Whirlwind a seat on

High Mages but poor with truly powerful

candidates for being a Duke, but only very few for being a member

this move, they extended an

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

amount of authority over the entire

also represent the stagnation

only reason why there were even so many powerful warriors in the first place, and the Storm Eagle Zone still acted as a safe haven for all the

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

were everywhere except for

the invitation,

did Jerald do when the

He didn't answer.

Council sent three more invitations, but Jerald always blew them off,

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

they would take care of

between the Council and

more time passed, the Council even sent out a decree

his Zone

the oldest and most powerful Dukes, and he could

had assumed a position opposing them at

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

Duke tried to enter the

messenger tried to pass the border anyway since he was delivering orders from the

executed

that, public outrage occurred, fueled

called Duke Whirlwind a deserter and

Storm Eagle Zone was made illegal,

Council still didn't

Mages, and they couldn't afford these

had to wait until after the war was

Duke Whirlwind to give the land he illegally occupied back to

the reasonable ones and that it

Whirlwind was not helping the Kingdom but putting its citizens in even more

was power-hungry, selfish, and had no concept

react

50% of the people living in the Storm Eagle Zone left

more, most of these

Mages, one would see that over 90%

Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone now

Apprentices had nearly vanished. Essentially only Adepts and

for

High Mages left in