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?

confident in

more Shang fit into the barbarian role,

Mages had over the barbarians

Shang only counted as a dog, but he was

attacked their dog, they wouldn't mind and let them

This was their dog!

other person was disrespecting

no

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

Shang would only be sent to fight battles

Mages, barbarians

money, and letting them get

the Mages would send him into battles that he

Shang's shoes, this

Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had

than one Mage had already been sent after him, and the gigantic bounty

Shang wanted 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 for any

But here?

had to

didn't need to search for

came to

course, there

access to any resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold

and he would need to do whatever he was told

want to do, is that truly so

control, but they are actually providing the very resources I need to grow in

become more powerful, but I don't need those. I know how

taught us how 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 can get familiar with them and eventually extrapolate

I know

mind as experimentation materials, I can probably find a way

young men inside

act like them and keep to myself. I can always

closed his right eye

then, he

two barbarians only looked around

to sleep, which was quite difficult since General Stage warriors didn't need

they also just looked

eye. However, his Mana Sense still kept watch