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.'

genuinely didn't feel rage or

Why?

he was confident in

the barbarian role, the

Mages had over the barbarians protected

Shang only counted as a dog,

they wouldn't mind and let them fight,

This was their dog!

attacking their dog, the other person was disrespecting them and

short, this meant that no Mage would want to kill

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

would only be sent to fight

the Mages, barbarians were an

letting

would send him into battles that he could win and

Shang's shoes, this was essentially

had to constantly watch

had already been sent after him, and the gigantic bounty on his head would send even more powerful Mages after

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

But here?

only had to wait

to search for

came to

course, there also were

and if the Mages found out that he had gold on

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?'

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

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

power. As long as I get my hands on the techniques barbarians use to become

Magic works, and I know very well how warriors fight

and mind as experimentation materials, I can probably find a way

other young men inside the cave, but

now, I should act like them and keep to myself. I

eye

then, he

two barbarians only looked around

to sleep, which was quite difficult since General

time, they also

sat motionlessly on the ground with 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