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?

was confident in his current

more Shang fit into the barbarian role, the

the Mages had over the barbarians protected

Mages, Shang only counted as a dog, but he was

and let them fight, but if

This was their dog!

other person was disrespecting

this meant that no Mage would want

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

only be

barbarians were

and letting them

he could win and

in Shang's shoes, this was

Kingdom, Shang had to constantly watch his

one Mage had already been sent after him, and the gigantic bounty

need to go 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

to

battles came

there also were

have access to any resources, and if the Mages found out that

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

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

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

Mages created to become more powerful, but I

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

and I know very well how warriors fight and

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

Shang saw two other young men inside the

to myself. I can

eye and crossed his

then, he

other two barbarians only looked around

which was quite difficult since General

also just looked absentmindedly at the

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