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

asked them about every single beast

barbarians were a bit surprised, but Shang was the most powerful of them.

Luckily, with his Peak Apprentice Realm mind, Shang could keep track of the beasts

explained the concept of Affinities

for beasts, but they didn't generally

that the last part of the technique was what

quite surprised when Shang told them that they also

their Mana. This technique had no power, but it allowed the barbarians to put a bit of their Mana out of their bodies, which gave Shang the opportunity to gauge its

surprises. The barbarians simply had normal

them what kind of beasts they should look out for. If they had a beast of a different

day. If the corpse weren't preserved by a Spell,

they realized that they now knew

for the attack?" one of the barbarians asked

asked.

attack, but then they realized that Shang had

the

Plague Rat

to the Grandmountain Kingdom, but we have only been here for

battle that won us the Deepcore Turtle

Zone, and we are

belonged to the enemy just three months ago, and

for the attack?" Shang

at each other

at Shang. "Because

rose.

shocked the

didn't even know about the

because I lived in the wilderness. The Mages say that

don't know anything about

that Shang was a criminal, and

had completely forgotten

is bad and wrong," one of the