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 humiliation

Why?

he was confident in his

more Shang fit into the barbarian role,

the strict control the Mages had over

counted as a

and let them fight, but if another human attacked their

This was their dog!

dog, the other person was disrespecting them and indirectly

short, this meant that no Mage would want to kill

seen as an equal, he still had value

meant that Shang would only be sent

barbarians

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

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

Shang's shoes, this was

Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had

than one Mage had already been sent after him, and the gigantic bounty on his head would send even more powerful Mages

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

But here?

only had to wait and

didn't need to

came to

there also were

if the Mages found out that he had gold on him, they would

and he would need to do whatever

do things they want to do, is that truly

they are actually providing the very resources I need to

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

has 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

know roughly how Magic works, and I know very well

and with my own body and mind as

other young men inside the cave,

myself. I can

eye

he

only looked around

sleep, which was quite difficult since General Stage

to time, they also just looked

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