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.'

feel rage or humiliation

Why?

he was confident

Shang fit into the barbarian role, the

the strict control the Mages had over the barbarians protected Shang's

only counted as a dog,

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

This was their dog!

other person was disrespecting them and indirectly

short, this meant that no Mage would want

even if Shang wasn't seen as an equal,

meant that Shang would only be sent to fight battles he

the Mages, barbarians were

wasting money, and letting them get killed was also

he could win and in which

Shang's shoes, this was essentially a

Kingdom, Shang had to

than one Mage had already been sent after him, and the gigantic

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

But here?

had to wait

need to

came

course, there

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

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

orders to do things they want to do, is that

control, but they are actually providing the very resources I need

need the techniques the Mages created to become more powerful, but I don't need those. I

and how to find ways to further our own power. As long as I get my hands on the techniques barbarians use to become

and I know very well how warriors fight and

body and mind as experimentation

moment, Shang saw two other young men inside the cave, but he

to myself. I can always

his right eye

he stopped

looked around the

quite difficult since General Stage warriors didn't

also just looked

with a closed eye. However, his Mana Sense still kept watch over