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 or humiliation right

Why?

confident in

the

had

the Mages, Shang only counted as a dog,

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!

person was disrespecting them and

meant that no Mage would want to kill

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

be sent to

barbarians were an

letting them get killed was also

he could win and

Shang's shoes, this

Shang had to

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

would need to go into the wilderness and fight a beast, and while doing so, he needed to keep a

But here?

only had to wait and

need to

came to

there also were

found out

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

only gets orders to do things they want to do, is that truly

they are actually providing the

might need the techniques the Mages created to become more powerful, but I don't need those. I know how to reach the True

to further our own power. As long as I get my hands on the

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

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

young men inside the cave,

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

his right eye

then, he

barbarians only looked around the room with

they tried to sleep, which was quite difficult since General

time, they also just looked absentmindedly at

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