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

Why?

he was confident in his

the barbarian role, the

control the Mages had over

Shang only counted as a dog, but he was

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

This was their dog!

the other person was disrespecting them and indirectly

meant that no

an equal, he still

would only be sent to fight

barbarians

letting them get killed was also

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

Shang's shoes, this was

Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had

than one Mage had already been sent after him, and the gigantic bounty on his head

and while doing so, he needed to keep a look out for any Mage

But here?

had to wait and

didn't need to search for

battles came to

course, there

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

would have to essentially be a slave, and he would need to

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

they have me under control, but they are actually providing the very resources I need

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

power. As long as I get my hands on the techniques barbarians use to

roughly how Magic works, and I know

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

young men inside the cave, but he remained

should act like them and keep to myself. I can always

right eye

then, he stopped

barbarians only looked around the

tried to sleep, which was quite difficult since General

they also just looked absentmindedly at the

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