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.'

be weaker than

beasts can a Summoner control?" Shang

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

average Summoner can summon three beasts in total, including the Companion Beast. I think, on

with a more powerful body, but a really powerful

barbarians. 'But as for barbarians, probably not. One barbarian can probably take on a

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

attack?" one of the barbarians

what had

they should go out and hunt beasts now

the

of the barbarians said. "The Mages tell us

would be better to hunt for beasts

nodded

their body now, but they trusted

the Mages will suspect that we all know the full technique," Shang said, explaining his reasoning anyway. "Because of that, I would advise you to strengthen yourself normally, and if you find an opportunity to get the right beast, take

The barbarians nodded.

find beasts?"

seen any humans since this was war-torn land, but

deep below us," one of the barbarians said. "You can find

it's like the Caves,' Shang

that can't strengthen themselves right now?"

can," one of them said. "Our previous Leader took us out to strengthen ourselves

looked at

"I can," Lash answered.

all, the two of them had been imprisoned for two weeks, had traveled