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 or humiliation

Why?

he was confident

into the barbarian

control the Mages had over the barbarians protected Shang's

as a dog,

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

This was their dog!

the other person was disrespecting them and

meant that no Mage would want to

as an equal, he still had value to the

would only be sent to fight battles

barbarians were an

money, and letting them get killed was

he could win and in which he could cost

Shang's shoes, this was essentially

the Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had to constantly

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

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

But here?

had to

need to

came to

course, there also

didn't have access to any resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold on him, they

to essentially be a slave, and he

if a slave only gets orders to do things they want to do, is that truly so

they are actually providing the very resources I need

might need the techniques the Mages created to become more powerful, but I don't need those.

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

how Magic works, and I know

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

Shang saw two other young men inside the

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

eye

he stopped

barbarians only looked around the room

tried to sleep, which was quite difficult since

they also

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