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 humiliation right

Why?

confident in

the barbarian role,

Mages had

as a dog, but he

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

This was their dog!

their dog, the other person was disrespecting them

this meant that no Mage would want to

an equal, he still had value

would only be sent to fight battles he could

barbarians were

and letting

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

Shang's shoes, this was

had to constantly watch

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

fight a beast, and while doing so, he needed to keep a look out for any Mage

But here?

to

need to

battles came

course, there

if the Mages found out that he had gold

and he

want to do, is that truly so bad?' Shang thought

me under control, but they are actually providing the

but I don't need those.

has taught us how to create our own techniques 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 powerful, I can get

roughly how Magic works, and I know very well how warriors fight

body and mind as experimentation materials,

Shang saw two other young men

myself. I can

eye and crossed

then, he stopped

two barbarians only looked around the room

which was quite

also just looked absentmindedly at

Mana Sense still kept watch over