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.

victims of extremely elaborate traps with several exceedingly powerful High Mages attacking them

something that no one could have

Whirlwind a seat on

rich with High Mages but poor

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

extended an olive

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

would gain a vast amount of authority over the

also represent the stagnation of

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

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

were everywhere except for

invitation,

Jerald do when the invitation

He didn't answer.

them off, telling them that he needed more time

Council was stuck in limbo. However, they would never forget this

the war calmed down, they would

between the Council and Jerald

a decree that people should

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

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

unofficially, he had assumed a position opposing them at the same

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

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

tried to pass the border anyway since he was delivering orders

executed on the

public outrage occurred,

Whirlwind

Zone was made illegal, and powerful guards were

the Council still didn't

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

had to wait until after the war was

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

these incidents as proof that they were the reasonable ones and that it was Duke

Whirlwind was not helping the Kingdom but putting its citizens

power-hungry, selfish, and had

didn't react

Council, and over 50% of the people living in the

most of

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

the Storm Eagle Zone now had only around 15

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

war, which was why they couldn't stand up for what they believed

were three High Mages left in the Storm Eagle Zone,