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

the barbarian role,

control the Mages had over the barbarians

counted as a dog,

and let them fight,

This was their dog!

dog, the other person was disrespecting them and indirectly

short, this meant that no Mage would want to

an equal, he still had value to the

meant that Shang would only be

barbarians were

wasting money, and letting them get

the Mages would send him into battles that he could

shoes, this was

Kingdom, Shang had

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

beast, and while doing so, he needed to keep

But here?

only had to wait

need to

battles came

course, there also

the Mages found out

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

gets orders to do things they want

they have me under control, but they are actually providing the

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

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

roughly how Magic works, and I know very well

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

other young

them and keep to myself. I can

his right eye and crossed

he stopped

barbarians only looked around the

was quite difficult since General Stage warriors didn't need

to time, they also just looked absentmindedly at the

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