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

Why?

confident in

fit into the barbarian role, the easier

the Mages had over

only counted as

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

This was their dog!

person was disrespecting them and indirectly

short, this meant that no Mage would

wasn't seen as an equal, he still had value

be sent

Mages, barbarians were

and letting them get killed was also

send him into battles that he could win and

someone in Shang's shoes,

had

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

go into the wilderness and fight a beast, and while

But here?

to wait

to search

came to

course, there

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

slave, and he would need to do whatever

only gets orders to do things they want to

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

but I don't need those. I know how to reach

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

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

two things and with my own body and mind as

two other young men inside

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

his right eye and

then, he stopped

other two barbarians only looked around the room with

quite difficult since General Stage

they also just looked absentmindedly

on the ground with a closed eye. However, his Mana Sense still kept watch over his surroundings.