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

Why?

he was confident in

Shang fit into the barbarian role,

the strict control the Mages had over the

Mages, Shang only counted as a dog, but he was

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

This was their dog!

their dog, the other person was disrespecting them

this meant that no Mage would want

as an equal, he still

meant that Shang would only be sent to fight battles

Mages, barbarians were an

them was wasting money, and letting them

that he could win and in which

shoes, this

Kingdom, Shang had to constantly

him, and the gigantic

the wilderness and fight a beast, and while doing so, he needed to keep

But here?

had to wait and

need to

battles came

course, there

and if the Mages found out that he had gold

would have to essentially be a slave, and he

want to do, is that truly

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

powerful, but I don't

to create our own 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

works, and I know very well how warriors

own body and mind as experimentation materials, I can probably find a way

moment, Shang saw two other young men inside

myself. I can always ask about their techniques when I arrive

eye and

he

only looked around the

was quite difficult since General

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 clear vision with