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.

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

didn't say much as he only looked

he tried to understand what Shang

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

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

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

a Ruiner is,"

"But you-"

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

tell me what a Ruiner

bit longer in confusion, but eventually, he looked

to challenge the Tribe's strongest," the barbarian

are they called

barbarian

"A weak Tribe dies."

Tribe will turn to

barbarian trying to become the strongest is

trying to destroy

turned silent again as Shang scratched his

most powerful is akin to threatening the entire Tribe. Because of that, the

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

"Yes," the barbarian answered.

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

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

looked at Shang with

step

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

these words, the eyes of the barbarian became

said with an angry

"Is a weakling worse

"A Ruiner has power."

Ruiner can go

"A weakling is worthless!"

weakling eats food but doesn't

enemies but

must leave

watched the angry barbarian with

the other

sails, and the barbarian looked away again as

"Why?" Shang asked.

was stronger," the barbarian

other barbarian be a

looked at Shang again in

am not stronger,"

but if you

stronger," the barbarian

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

barbarian looked at Shang with furrowed brows for

"I didn't win!"

a long while, Shang

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

as

you are not stronger

you want to become

looked at Shang with furrowed brows, and Shang could even see some anger and disdain in his

you can teach me?" he

"Yes," Shang answered.

narrowed his eyes, and he slowly stood up from his lying position. He was still

taller than Shang, and he

are stronger than me?" he asked in a dark

his

as soon as I even slightly challenged