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.

can I know what a barbarian looks like when I have never seen other

say much as he only looked at Shang

tried to

things that didn't

said. "You know how barbarians live.

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

don't know what a Ruiner is," Shang

"But you-"

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

tell me what a

longer in confusion,

Ruiner is someone weak that tries to challenge the Tribe's strongest,"

they called

the barbarian

"A weak Tribe dies."

Tribe will turn to

weak barbarian trying to become the strongest

to

the barbarian turned silent again as Shang

the most powerful is akin to threatening the entire

loses? Will he become a

"Yes," the barbarian answered.

the top, it's all or nothing unless you step down

down?" Shang asked. He assumed that it was fine

barbarian looked at Shang with

is step

but you don't want to lead anymore and give the position to someone else,"

eyes of the barbarian

he said with

"Is

"A Ruiner has power."

can go back

"A weakling is worthless!"

weakling eats food but doesn't

weakling brings enemies but doesn't

must leave

watched the angry barbarian

the other barbarian weakling," Shang

out of his sails, and the barbarian looked away again as he continued lying on

"Why?" Shang asked.

I was stronger,"

the other barbarian be a weakling?"

looked at

am not

you

the barbarian answered with furrowed

theoretically, if you had somehow won. I know that you didn't, but what if? What if you

Shang with

"I didn't win!"

time in a

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

as he stood

are

do you want to

Shang could even see some anger and disdain in his

saying you can teach me?"

"Yes," Shang answered.

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

a bit taller than Shang, and he looked down

than me?" he asked in a dark

scratched his

he was severely beaten and disrespected, as soon as I even slightly challenged his power,