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.'

genuinely didn't feel rage or humiliation

Why?

he was confident

into the barbarian role, the easier his

Mages had over the barbarians protected Shang's

as a dog, but he was their

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

This was their dog!

attacking their dog, the other person

no Mage would want to

wasn't seen as an equal, he still had value

be sent to fight battles

barbarians

and letting them get killed was also wasting

battles that he could win and in which he

shoes, this was essentially a

Shang had to constantly watch his

gigantic

go into the wilderness and fight a beast, and while doing so, he

But here?

to wait and

need to search

came

course, there also

didn't have access to any resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold on him, they would

to essentially be a slave, and he

gets orders to do things they want to do, is that truly so bad?'

they are actually providing the very resources I need to

but I

academy has 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

and I know very

mind as

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

like them and keep to myself. I can always ask about their techniques when

his right eye and

then, he

barbarians only looked around the room

tried to sleep, which was quite difficult

time, they also just

Sense still kept watch over his surroundings. The