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 exceedingly powerful High Mages attacking

the Council did something that no one could have

Duke Whirlwind a seat

with High Mages but poor with truly

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

this move, they extended an olive

swept under the rug, and he could join the

vast amount of authority over the entire

also represent the stagnation of

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 didn't

been on the frontlines yet, and if they found one of the warriors, they would be forced to fight for

for the

Jerald accepted the invitation, that

do when the

He didn't answer.

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

in

down, they would

now, the relationship between the Council and Jerald

the Council even sent out a decree that people should

because Jerald wasn't running his Zone like they wanted

oldest and most powerful Dukes, and he could probably even look eye-to-eye

he had assumed a position opposing them at the

had quintupled in size. There were even

tried to enter the

time, a messenger tried to pass the border anyway since he was

was executed

after that, public outrage occurred, fueled

Duke Whirlwind a

made illegal, and powerful guards were

still

Mages, and they couldn't afford these losses during this

until after

he illegally occupied back to the Skythunder

ones and

not helping the Kingdom but putting its citizens in

power-hungry, selfish, and had no concept

didn't react

many people believed the Council, and over 50% of the people

of these people were

that over 90%

of True Mages, the Storm Eagle Zone

Adepts and Apprentices directly related to the 15 True Mages

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

there were three High Mages left