Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang was pulled to the back of the village into a small and dark cave.

"What Element are you attuned to?" one of the Mages asked with a cold tone.

"Fire," Shang answered.

"Show me."

Shang lifted his arm, and a bit of fire appeared around it. The fire was very weak, and it only roughly appeared around his arm.

The Mage wasn't surprised and pulled Shang to one side of the cave.

The two chains were put to two cyan spots on the wall, and they fused with them. Shang still had enough chain left to sit down, but he couldn't walk further than a meter with them attached.

"If we see any damage on the chains or the ore, it will be treated as an escape attempt, and we will kill you," one of the two Mages said.

Shang only looked at them.

"Do you understand, One-Eye?" he asked.

Shang didn't answer.

BANG!

A big stone appeared in front of Shang and shot into his chest, breaking his ribs.

"Answer!" one of the Mages demanded with a strict voice.

Shang's expression didn't change.

"Yes," he said calmly. There was no rage inside his voice.

The Mage snorted, and the two of them left the cave again.

For some reason, they really hated this unaffiliated barbarian.

After the two of them left, silence returned to the cave.

Shang's expression didn't change, but he sat down near the wall.

'They probably use the desperation of the barbarians to force them down a path of strengthening,' Shang thought. 'The abuse and disregard will foster a feeling of resistance in some of the barbarians.'

'However, it isn't perfect. Many other barbarians will probably get demotivated and lose all hope, hindering them from unleashing their full potential.'

didn't feel rage

Why?

confident in his

more Shang fit into the barbarian role, the

Mages had over the barbarians protected Shang's

the Mages, Shang only counted as a dog,

they wouldn't mind and let them fight, but if another human attacked their dog, they

This was their dog!

person was disrespecting them and

that no Mage

seen as an equal,

would only be sent to fight battles

the Mages, barbarians were an

wasting money, and letting them

that the Mages would send him into battles that he could

Shang's shoes, this was essentially a

had to constantly

gigantic bounty on his head

fight, he would need to go into the wilderness and fight a beast, and while doing so, he needed to keep a look out for any Mage

But here?

had to

need to

battles came to

there also were

resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold on him, they would

to essentially be a slave, and he would need to do whatever

if a slave only gets orders to do things they want to do, is that truly so bad?'

they are actually providing the

become more powerful, but I

as I get my hands on the techniques

and I know very well how

and with my own body and mind as experimentation materials,

other young men inside the cave,

should act like them and keep to myself. I

closed his right eye and crossed

then, he stopped

barbarians only looked around the room with boredom

which was quite difficult since General Stage warriors

time, they also just

eye. However, his Mana Sense still kept watch over his surroundings. The cave was quite dark, giving Shang a rather