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.

a barbarian looks like when

didn't say much as he

to understand

speaking of things that didn't happen, and that confused the

you are a barbarian," the man said. "You know

'Does he truly lack the ability to understand something that is even remotely abnormal? What's so hard

don't know what a Ruiner is," Shang

"But you-"

but I still don't know what a Ruiner is," Shang interrupted

what a Ruiner

bit longer in

to challenge the

called

strong leader makes a strong Tribe," the barbarian

"A weak Tribe dies."

weak Tribe will turn

weak barbarian trying to become the strongest is someone that

to

again as Shang scratched

the most powerful is

if the leader loses? Will he become a Ruiner?"

"Yes," the barbarian answered.

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

that it

at Shang with

step down?"

you don't want to

these words, the eyes of the barbarian became filled

with an angry

"Is a weakling worse than

"A Ruiner has power."

can go back and

"A weakling is worthless!"

weakling eats food

brings enemies

leave or

watched the angry

the other barbarian weakling," Shang

and the barbarian looked away

"Why?" Shang asked.

thought I was

other barbarian be a

at Shang again

not

but if you

not stronger," the barbarian answered

sighed. "I know that you are not. What I am asking is, theoretically, if you had somehow won. I know that you didn't, but what if? What if

with furrowed brows for a

"I didn't win!"

the first time in a long while, Shang actually got

this guy not understand the principle of a hypothetical?!' he thought with frustration. 'It's not even that

said as he

that you are not

you want to

Shang

can teach me?" he

"Yes," Shang answered.

stood up from his lying position. He was still injured, but he had healed

a bit taller

stronger than me?" he asked in

his

and disrespected, as soon as