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

Why?

was confident in his

more Shang fit into the barbarian role,

control the Mages had over the barbarians protected

Mages, Shang only counted as a dog,

them fight, but if

This was their dog!

the other person was disrespecting them and indirectly attacking

meant that no Mage would

even if Shang wasn't seen as an

meant that Shang would only be

barbarians were an

them was wasting money, and letting them get killed

into battles that he could win and in which he could cost

in Shang's shoes, this

the Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had to

the gigantic

fight a beast, and

But here?

had to wait and

didn't need to search

battles came

there also were

any resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold on

he would need to do whatever he was told

they want to do, is that truly

actually providing the very resources I need

powerful, but I don't need those. I

find ways to further our own power. As long as I get my hands on the techniques barbarians use to become more powerful, I can get

know roughly how Magic works, and I know very well how

my own body and mind as

two other young men

I can always ask about their techniques

right eye and crossed his

he

barbarians only looked around

sleep, which was quite difficult since

they also just

Mana Sense still kept watch over his surroundings. The cave was quite dark, giving Shang a rather clear vision with his Darkness