Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang and the barbarians frowned. None of them liked the idea of warriors being fed to beasts.

'As sad as I am to say it, it makes sense. Beasts need to eat beasts or humans to become more powerful, and humans can become more powerful by simply training, eating medicine, or meditating.'

'To the Blackshadow Kingdom, normal humans might as well be herbivores, which are fed to the useful carnivores.'

"How powerful are these Summoners?" Shang asked.

"They are not that powerful," one of the barbarians said.

"Not that powerful?" Shang asked with a lifted brow. "But they can control several beasts, right? That sounds about as powerful as a Mage."

The barbarian shook his head. "The beasts Summoners control are much weaker than wild beasts."

"How so?" Shang asked.

"We don't exactly know," the barbarian said. "We think that the normal beasts are probably too powerful."

"In what sense are they more powerful?" Shang asked.

"The beasts are just weaker," the barbarian said. "The Companion Beast has a far weaker body than a normal beast, and the other beasts the Summoner controls are at least a level weaker than the Companion Beast."

"So," Shang said. "To summarize, a Summoner on the same level as a Peak Fighter has a Companion Beast on the same level as a Peak Fighter, and they have several beasts equal to a Late Fighter, right?"

The barbarians nodded. "The Companion Beast is about as strong as our previous Leader in the camp, but they fight far better than wild beasts. The Summoner controls them. The other beasts are also under the Summoner's control, but they don't fight as well as the Companion Beast."

Shang scratched his chin. 'Interesting. That means that a Companion Beast is about as powerful as a very strong barbarian on its level. Their bodies are about equal, and the beast can also fight really well.'

other beasts are a level weaker, but they don't seem to be weaker than wild beasts, which could

a

their Companion Beast and two wild beasts, but some even have three additional beasts. We have even heard rumors

three beasts in total, including the Companion Beast. I think, on average, a Summoner is more powerful than a warrior, but their

with a more powerful body, but a really powerful warrior can probably take on

barbarian can probably take on

problem is that the barbarians don't seem to have any truly outstanding

for the attack?" one of the barbarians

remembered what had started this

wanted to know if they should go out and hunt beasts now or wait for the

the

Mages tell us one day before we go, and they haven't told us

Shang said. "I think it would be better to hunt for

barbarians nodded

telling them to strengthen their body now, but they trusted him since he was more

that we all know the full technique," Shang said, explaining his reasoning anyway. "Because of

The barbarians nodded.

can we find beasts?" Shang

surprised that he hadn't seen any humans since this was war-torn land, but he was surprised

in the tunnels deep below us," one of the barbarians said. "You can find caves in the mountains, and most of them lead to

it's like the

that can't strengthen themselves right

the barbarians frowned. "None of us can," one of them said. "Our previous Leader took us out to strengthen ourselves about a month ago. Most of us have to

at Lash.

"I can," Lash answered.

for two weeks, had traveled to