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.'

rage

Why?

confident in his

Shang fit into the barbarian

Mages had over the barbarians protected

the Mages, Shang only counted as a dog, but

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

This was their dog!

their dog, the other person

no Mage would want

as an equal, he still had

Shang would only be sent

barbarians were

letting them get

he could win and in

Shang's shoes, this was essentially

Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had to constantly watch his

him, and the gigantic bounty on his head would

wanted to 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

But here?

had to wait

to search for

came to

course, there also were

if the Mages found out that

have to essentially be a slave, and he

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

but they are actually providing the very resources I need

become more powerful, but I don't need those.

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

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

own body and mind

two other young men inside the cave,

to myself. I can always ask about their techniques when I arrive near

his right eye and crossed

he stopped

barbarians only looked around the room with boredom or

which was quite difficult since General Stage warriors

time to time, they also just looked absentmindedly

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