Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang had finally deciphered the full technique.

Exhaust all your Mana, eat the heart of a beast on your level with your Affinity, isolate the Mana from outside and strengthen your body.

'This should be the full technique.'

However, that brought on another problem.

'But if I want to make full use of that technique, I need an Abomination,' Shang thought with a frown, 'and those are not really common.'

'That's a problem.'

Shang tried to think of a solution to this problem, but there was none.

The Abominations would be killed by the Zone Beasts as soon as they saw them, and if Shang appeared beside them, the Zone Beasts might decide to also kill him. The Thunder Horse's mark was only a suggestion to the Zone Beasts, and on top of that, the beasts here probably didn't even know the Thunder Horse.

'I can't just call an Abomination, right?'

Shang knew that he and the Abominations had some kind of connection. Every time Shang came in contact with one, they could feel each other. Additionally, Shang had never felt any kind of animosity from an Abomination.

It was almost like the Abominations saw Shang as one of their own.

Shang sighed. 'Even if I could call one, it would be impossible for me to absorb it.'

'First of all, while the Mages don't get involved in barbarian business, if they suddenly see an Abomination, they will attack it and take it back to analyze it. Even if I killed it, they would just confiscate it.'

'On top of that, it would attract at least one Zone Beast, and it would turn the Abomination into dust. At the same time, the Zone Beast would notice me and might even decide to kill me.'

'So, even if there were a vending machine of Abominations right beside me, I couldn't use it.'

'It seems like I have to use other beasts for now. Luckily, the type of technique I use will only dictate my current power, and it will make no difference if I switch later.'

'For now, the full potential of my body can't be realized, but I can still strengthen my body by quite a bit.'

'Anyway, I should ask about the local fauna from the barbarians.'

returned to the group and gathered

he asked them about every single

Shang was the

learned about hundreds of beasts. Luckily, with his Peak Apprentice Realm mind, Shang could keep track of the beasts and their

explained the concept of Affinities to them by using the beasts as

but they didn't generally know about how the Mages

pretty sure that the last part of the technique was what

barbarians were quite surprised when Shang told them that they also

had no power, but it allowed the barbarians to put a bit of their Mana out of their bodies, which

any surprises. The barbarians simply

for. If they had a beast of a different element, they could maybe even trade it for one that was useful

the corpse weren't preserved by a Spell, it would

when they realized that they now knew the best technique

we wait for the attack?" one of the

Shang asked. "What

didn't know about the attack, but then they realized that Shang

the Mages' command to attack the Plague Rat Zone," one of the barbarians told

Plague Rat Zone?"

to the Grandmountain Kingdom,

part of the battle that won us the Deepcore

and we are waiting

scratched his chin. 'That means that we are currently in territory that belonged to the enemy just three months ago, and now, the Grandmountain Kingdom

we wait for the attack?" Shang

barbarians looked at each other

at Shang.

eyebrows rose. "Summoners? What's

shocked the

even know about the enemy

I am treated as a criminal is because I lived in the wilderness. The Mages say that I

don't know anything about

remembered that Shang was a

completely

bad and wrong," one of