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.'

didn't feel rage or humiliation

Why?

confident in his current

more Shang fit into the barbarian role, the easier

the Mages had over the

only counted as a dog, but

and let them fight, but if another human attacked

This was their dog!

the other person was disrespecting them and

no Mage would want to kill

even if Shang wasn't seen as an equal, he still had

be sent to fight

Mages, barbarians

wasting money, and letting

that he could win and

someone in Shang's shoes, this was essentially a

Shang had to constantly watch

and the gigantic bounty on his head 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 to kill

But here?

only had to wait

didn't need to search

came

course, there

have access to any resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold on him, they would

have to essentially be a slave, and he would need to do whatever he was

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

me under control, but they are actually providing the very resources I need to grow in

become more powerful, but I don't

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 and

I know very well how warriors fight

these two things and with my own body and mind as experimentation materials, I can

young men

to myself. I can always ask

eye and

then, he

looked around the room

tried to sleep, which was quite difficult since General Stage warriors didn't need

they also just looked

closed eye. However, his Mana Sense still kept watch over his surroundings. The cave was