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

Why?

was confident in

the barbarian

had over the barbarians protected Shang's

only counted as a dog,

mind and let them fight, but if another human attacked their dog, they would strike

This was their dog!

attacking their dog, the other person was disrespecting them and

meant that no Mage would want to

as an equal, he still had

Shang would only be

Mages, barbarians were an

and letting them get killed

send him into battles that he could win and in which he could cost the enemy

Shang's shoes,

Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had to constantly watch

the gigantic bounty on

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

But here?

only had to wait and

didn't need to search for

came to

there

to any resources, and if the Mages found out

a slave, and he would

only gets orders to do things they want to do, is that truly so bad?' Shang thought with

have me under control, but they are actually providing the very resources I need to grow in

the techniques the Mages created to become more powerful, but I don't need those. I know how to reach the True Path

own techniques and how to find ways to further our own power. As long as I get

and I know very

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

two other young men

I can always ask about their techniques when

right eye and

then, he

barbarians only looked around

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

to time, they also just looked absentmindedly at

still kept watch over his surroundings. The cave was quite dark, giving Shang a rather clear vision with his Darkness