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.'

didn't feel rage

Why?

was confident in his current

Shang fit into the barbarian

strict control the Mages had over the barbarians protected Shang's

Shang only counted as

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

This was their dog!

dog, the other person was

short, this meant that no Mage

if Shang wasn't seen as an equal,

that Shang would only be sent to fight

barbarians

letting them get killed was also

send him into battles that he could

Shang's shoes, this was

the Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had to constantly watch

him, and the gigantic bounty on his head would

go into the wilderness and fight a beast, and while doing so, he

But here?

to wait and

didn't need to search

battles came

there also were

didn't 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 do whatever

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

me under control, but they are actually providing the very

created to become more powerful, but I don't

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,

Magic works, and I know

body and mind as

young men inside the cave, but he remained

keep to myself. I can always

closed his right eye

he

only looked around the

which was quite difficult since General Stage warriors didn't

to time, they also just looked absentmindedly at the

kept watch over his surroundings. The cave was quite dark, giving Shang a