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 humiliation right

Why?

confident in his

the barbarian role, the easier his

the Mages had over

as a dog,

let them fight, but if another human attacked their dog,

This was their dog!

dog, the other person was disrespecting them

short, this meant that no Mage would

an equal, he still had value

Shang would only be sent to fight battles he

the Mages, barbarians

wasting money, and letting them get killed was also wasting

would send him into battles that he could

Shang's shoes, this

had to constantly watch

Mage had already been sent after him, and the gigantic

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

But here?

to wait and

didn't need to search

battles came to

there also were

and if the Mages found out that he had gold on him,

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

slave only gets orders to do things they want to do, is

they are actually providing the very resources I

Mages created to become more powerful, but

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

and I know very well how

two things and with my own body and mind as experimentation

the moment, Shang saw two other young

should act like them and keep to myself. I can always ask about

right eye and crossed his

then, he stopped

other two barbarians only looked around the room with boredom or

quite difficult since General Stage warriors didn't need

also just looked absentmindedly at the

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