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.'

feel rage or humiliation right

Why?

was confident in his

more Shang fit into the barbarian role, the easier his

strict control the Mages had over the barbarians protected

as a dog,

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

This was their dog!

the other person was disrespecting

no Mage would

Shang wasn't seen as an equal, he

would only be

Mages, barbarians

letting

him into battles that he could

shoes,

Shang had to constantly watch

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

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

But here?

only had to

to search

battles came to

course, there also were

and if the Mages found out that

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

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

but they are actually providing the very resources I

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

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

know roughly how Magic works, and I

and mind as experimentation materials, I can probably find a

two other young men inside the

act like them and keep to myself. I can always

his right eye and crossed

then, he stopped

around

tried to sleep, which was quite difficult since

time to time, they also just looked absentmindedly at the

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