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.

what a barbarian looks like when I

as he only looked at

several seconds, he tried to understand what Shang had just

things that didn't happen, and that confused

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

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

a Ruiner

"But you-"

know what a Ruiner

what a

longer in confusion,

is someone weak that tries to challenge the

they called

strong Tribe," the barbarian explained. "A weak leader

"A weak Tribe dies."

will

weak barbarian trying to become the strongest is someone that

is trying to destroy

the barbarian turned silent again

'So, proclaiming yourself to be the most powerful while not being the most powerful is akin to threatening the

leader loses? Will he become a Ruiner?" Shang

"Yes," the barbarian answered.

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

steps down?" Shang asked. He assumed that it was fine for a leader to step

at Shang with

is step down?" he

you don't want to lead

the eyes of

he said with an angry

"Is a weakling worse than

"A Ruiner has power."

go back

"A weakling is worthless!"

eats food but doesn't bring

enemies but doesn't

leave

watched the angry barbarian with

the other

and the barbarian looked

"Why?" Shang asked.

thought I was stronger," the barbarian

you were, would the other barbarian be a weakling?" Shang

barbarian looked at Shang again in

am not

but if you

am not stronger," the barbarian answered with

sighed. "I know that you are not. What I am asking is, theoretically, if you

barbarian looked at Shang with

"I didn't win!"

a long while, Shang actually got

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

Shang said as he

know that you are

you want to become stronger

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

can teach me?"

"Yes," Shang answered.

and he slowly stood up from his lying position. He was

taller than Shang, and he looked down

are stronger than me?"

his

soon as I even slightly challenged his power, he