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

Why?

was confident

more Shang fit into the barbarian role, the easier his

control the Mages had over the barbarians

Shang only counted as a dog, but he

let them fight,

This was their dog!

the other person

short, this meant that no

an equal,

that Shang would only be sent to fight battles

barbarians

wasting money, and letting them get killed was also

knew that the Mages would send him into battles that he could win and in

Shang's shoes,

Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had to constantly watch his

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

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

But here?

only had to

need to search for

battles came

course, there

Mages found out that he had gold on him,

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

a slave only gets orders to do things they want to do,

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

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

power. As long as I get my hands on the techniques barbarians use to become more powerful, I can get

and I

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

other young men inside the cave,

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

eye and crossed

he stopped

only looked around the room

tried to sleep, which was quite difficult since

time, they also just looked absentmindedly

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