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.

traps with several exceedingly powerful High Mages

something that no one could have

offered Duke Whirlwind a seat

High Mages but poor with truly powerful

being a Duke, but only very few for being a member of the

this move, they extended

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

gain a vast amount of authority

also represent

was the 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

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

for the

accepted the invitation, that

Jerald do when the

He didn't answer.

blew them off, telling them

stuck in limbo. However,

calmed down, they would take care

the relationship between the

the Council even sent out a decree that people should avoid the Storm

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

Whirlwind was one of the oldest and most powerful Dukes, and he

was below the Council, but unofficially, he had assumed a position

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

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

a messenger tried to pass the border anyway

messenger was executed on

that, public outrage occurred, fueled by the

called Duke Whirlwind a

to the Storm Eagle Zone was made illegal, and powerful guards

Council still

lose many High Mages, and they couldn't afford these

wait until after the

the land he illegally occupied back to

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

such a dangerous time, Duke Whirlwind was not helping the Kingdom but putting

power-hungry, selfish, and had no

didn't react to these

50% of the

more, most of these

see that over 90% of them had left the Storm Eagle

the Storm Eagle Zone now had only around 15

Essentially only Adepts and Apprentices directly related to the

they couldn't stand up for what they believed in. Some of them wanted to remain, but when faced with the Council's overwhelming power, they

were three High Mages left in the Storm