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?

was confident in

more Shang fit into the barbarian role,

control the Mages had over

the Mages, Shang only counted as a

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

This was their dog!

the other person

that no Mage would want to kill

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

Shang would only be sent to

Mages, barbarians

and letting them get killed was

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

shoes, this was

Shang had to constantly

after him, and the gigantic bounty on his head would send even

fight, he would need to go into the wilderness and fight a beast, and while doing so, he needed to keep a look out

But here?

had to

didn't need to search

battles came to

course, there

the Mages found out that he had

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, is that truly so bad?'

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

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

find ways to further our own power. As long as I get my hands on the techniques

and I know very well how warriors fight and

with my own body and mind

other young men

to myself. I can always

his right eye and crossed his

he

only looked around

which was quite

to time, they also just

still kept watch over his surroundings. The