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 or

Why?

was confident in his current

the barbarian role,

the strict control the Mages had

Shang only counted as a dog, but

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

This was their dog!

dog, the other person was disrespecting them and indirectly attacking

that no

an equal, he still

that Shang would only be sent to fight battles he could

Mages, barbarians were an

letting them get killed was

Mages would send him into battles that he could win and

someone in Shang's shoes, this was

had

after him, and the gigantic bounty on his

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

But here?

to wait

need to search for

battles came to

there

the Mages found out that he had gold on

be a slave, and he would need

only gets orders to do things they want to do, is that truly so bad?' Shang thought

control, but they are actually providing the

created to become more powerful, but

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

know roughly how Magic works, and I

with my own body and mind as experimentation materials,

moment, Shang saw two other young

should act like them and keep to myself. I can always ask about their techniques when I arrive

closed his right eye and crossed

he stopped

around the

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

they also just

Sense still kept watch over his surroundings. The cave was quite dark,