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?

he was confident in his

into the barbarian

strict control the Mages had over the barbarians

Shang only counted as

and let them fight, but if another human attacked their dog,

This was their dog!

attacking their dog, the other person was disrespecting them and indirectly attacking

short, this meant that no Mage

seen as an equal,

Shang would only be sent to fight battles

Mages, barbarians were

was wasting money, and letting them get

him into battles that he could win and in which

Shang's shoes, this was essentially a

had

Mage had already been sent after him, and the gigantic bounty on his head would send even more powerful Mages after

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 any Mage trying

But here?

only had to

to search

battles came

course, there also were

to any resources, and if the Mages found out that he

slave, and he

do things they want to do, is that truly so bad?' Shang thought with

actually providing the very resources I

to become more powerful, but I don't need those. I know how to reach the

taught us how to create our 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 more powerful, I can get familiar with them

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

with my own body and mind as experimentation materials,

other young men inside the cave, but he remained

and keep to myself. I can

right eye and

he

around the

they tried to sleep, which was quite difficult since

to time, they also just looked

watch over his surroundings. The cave was quite dark, giving Shang a rather clear vision