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.'

genuinely didn't feel rage or humiliation right

Why?

he was confident in

Shang fit into the barbarian role,

had over the

as a dog, but he was

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

This was their dog!

person was disrespecting them and indirectly attacking

short, this meant that no

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

Shang would only be

Mages, barbarians were an

was wasting money, and letting them get killed was

knew that the Mages would send him into battles that he could win

someone in Shang's shoes, this was essentially

the Skythunder Kingdom, Shang had to constantly

sent after him, and the gigantic bounty on his

and while doing

But here?

to wait

didn't need to search for

came to

course, there

have access to any resources, and if the Mages found

and he would need to do whatever

things they want to do, is that truly

have me under control, but they are actually

might need the techniques the Mages created to become more powerful, but I don't

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

works, and I know very well how warriors

my own body and mind as experimentation materials, I can probably find

moment, Shang saw two other young men inside

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

eye

then, he

two barbarians only looked around the room with boredom or

sleep, which was quite difficult since General

also just

kept watch over his