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.'

feel rage or

Why?

was confident in his current

the barbarian role, the easier

the strict control the Mages had over

only counted as a dog,

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

This was their dog!

dog, the other person was

meant that no Mage would

an equal, he

that Shang would only be sent

barbarians were an

and letting them get killed was also

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

in Shang's shoes, this

had

one Mage had already been sent after him, and the gigantic

fight a beast, and while doing so, he

But here?

to wait and

didn't need to search

battles came

there also were

to any resources, and if the Mages found out that

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

a slave only gets orders to do things they want to

are actually providing the very resources I

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

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,

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

two things and with my own body and mind as experimentation materials, I can probably find a

the moment, Shang saw two other young men

I

closed his right eye and crossed his

then, he

two barbarians only looked around

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

time to time, they also just

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