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.'

rage or humiliation

Why?

he was confident in his

more Shang fit into the barbarian role,

the strict control the Mages had over the barbarians

counted as a dog, but he

and let them fight, but if

This was their dog!

their dog, the other person was

that no Mage would

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

be sent

the Mages, barbarians were

them was wasting money, and letting them get killed was also wasting

send him into battles that he could win and in

in Shang's shoes, this was essentially a

Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had

and the gigantic bounty

and fight a beast, and while

But here?

to wait

didn't need to search for

battles came

course, there also were

access to any resources, and if the Mages found out that he had gold on him, they

Shang would have to essentially be a slave, and he would need to

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

but they are actually providing the very resources

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

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

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

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

other young men inside the cave, but he remained

act like them and keep to myself. I can

right eye and crossed

he

only looked around the room with

sleep, which was quite

time to time, they also just looked

watch over his surroundings. The cave was