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

Why?

confident in his

the

the Mages had over the barbarians protected

only counted as a dog, but

them fight, but if another human attacked their dog,

This was their dog!

other person was disrespecting them and indirectly attacking

meant that no Mage would want to kill

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

be sent to fight battles

the Mages, barbarians were

letting

he could win and in which he could cost the

in Shang's shoes, this was essentially

Shang had to constantly

the gigantic bounty on his head would send

to go into the wilderness and fight a beast, and while doing so, he needed to keep a look out for any Mage trying to kill

But here?

only had to wait

to search for

came

course, there

resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold on him, they would probably

to essentially be a slave, and he would need to do whatever he was told

slave only gets orders to do things they want

are actually providing the very resources I need to

powerful, but

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

Magic works, and I know very well how

my own body and mind as

two other young men inside the cave, but he

I can always ask about their techniques

closed his right eye and

he stopped

other two barbarians only looked around the room

was quite

time, they also just looked absentmindedly at the

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