Sword God in a World of Magic

After a while, Shang walked over to the first barbarian that had been beaten up by the group and squatted down.

The barbarian's body was slowly recovering. He didn't have a warrior's body, but as someone at the Peak General Stage, he could still recover with quite some speed.

Right now, the barbarian wasn't moving as he kept lying on the ground in a fetal position.

Blood and dried spit were all over him.

"Why didn't you resist?" Shang asked.

For a while, the barbarian said nothing.

"I'm a Ruiner," the barbarian eventually answered.

Some more seconds of silence.

"Ruiners get beaten."

"Says who?" Shang asked.

This made the barbarian move his head and look at Shang warily.

"It is normal," he said.

"So?" Shang asked. "Does it mean that it's the right thing to do just because it's normal?"

The barbarian looked with confusion at Shang.

"It is known and normal," he said.

"It is how things are."

"This is what life is."

The barbarian turned away from Shang again while saying these things.

"It is your life," Shang said. "You decide what to do with your life."

The barbarian didn't look at Shang, but Shang could see with his Mana Vision that a confused expression appeared on his face.

Apparently, this barbarian had never heard of such a concept.

"I am a Ruiner, and Ruiners get punished," the barbarian repeated.

"What's a Ruiner?" Shang asked.

This piqued the barbarian's interest, and he looked at Shang again.

"You don't know what a Ruiner is?" he asked in shock.

Shang noted the barbarian's reaction. 'The word Ruiner seems to be common knowledge, but instead of doubting my words, he believed me and only asked for confirmation.'

'A normal human would think that I am mocking them. After all, who doesn't know what a Ruiner is?'

'But he believed me.'

'Sadly, it makes sense. The barbarians are raised to follow orders like slaves. The Mages don't want them to think for themselves.'

"I don't know what a Ruiner is," Shang said. "I left my home long ago, and I've been living in the wilderness ever since. I don't know much about how normal barbarians live."

The barbarian's expression became shocked and confused.

"But you are a barbarian," he said.

"How do you not know how a barbarian lives?"

"You are a barbarian. You must know how barbarians live. You are living as a barbarian," he reasoned.

barbarian looks

as he only looked

he tried to understand what

of things that didn't

man said. "You know how barbarians live. You are

he truly lack the ability to understand something that

know what a Ruiner is," Shang

"But you-"

still don't know what

me what

longer in confusion, but eventually, he looked away

Ruiner is someone weak that tries to challenge

called Ruiners?"

leader makes a strong Tribe," the barbarian explained.

"A weak Tribe dies."

weak Tribe will turn

to become the strongest is someone that

to destroy the

again as Shang scratched his

'So, proclaiming yourself to be the most powerful while not being the most powerful is akin to threatening the entire Tribe. Because of that, the Ruiner

loses? Will

"Yes," the barbarian answered.

as soon as you are on the top, it's all or nothing unless you step

assumed that it was fine for a leader to step down, but he wanted

looked at Shang with

is step

you are still the strongest, but you don't want to lead anymore and give the position to someone

the eyes of the barbarian became filled with

he said with

reaction with interest. "Is a weakling worse than a

"A Ruiner has power."

can go back and

"A weakling is worthless!"

weakling eats food but

weakling brings enemies but doesn't

leave or

the angry barbarian

called the other barbarian

the barbarian looked away again as he

"Why?" Shang asked.

thought I was stronger," the

were, would the other

barbarian looked at

am not stronger,"

you were,"

stronger," the barbarian

am asking is, theoretically, if you had somehow won. I know that you

Shang with furrowed brows

"I didn't win!"

a long

this guy not understand the principle of a hypothetical?!' he thought with

as he stood

that you are not

you want to become stronger than

at Shang with furrowed brows, and Shang could even see some anger and

you can teach me?" he

"Yes," Shang answered.

barbarian narrowed his eyes, and he slowly stood up from his lying position.

he was quite a bit taller than Shang, and he looked

stronger than me?" he asked in

scratched his

he was severely beaten and disrespected, as soon as