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

Why?

he was confident in his current

into the

the strict control the Mages had over the barbarians protected Shang's

as a dog, but he

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

This was their dog!

their dog, the other person

that no Mage

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

that Shang would only be sent to fight battles

barbarians

letting them

into battles that he could win

Shang's shoes, this was essentially a

Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had to constantly watch

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

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

But here?

to wait and

didn't need to search for

battles came to

course, there

didn't have access to any resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold on him, they would

and he would need

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

are actually

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

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 familiar with them and eventually extrapolate a

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

own body and mind as experimentation materials, I can probably find

other young men inside the cave, but he remained

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

his right eye and

he

other two barbarians only looked around

sleep, which was quite difficult since General Stage

time to time, they also just

watch over his surroundings. The cave was quite