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.'

seem to be weaker than wild beasts, which

beasts can a Summoner control?"

even have three additional beasts. We have even heard rumors about Summoners with four additional beasts, but we have

total, including the Companion Beast. I think, on average, a Summoner is more powerful than a warrior,

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

'But as for barbarians, probably not. One barbarian can probably take on a Companion Beast on their level and maybe a second one if they are

to have any truly

the attack?" one of the barbarians

had started

out and hunt beasts now

the attack?"

us one

would be better

nodded

strengthen their body now, but they trusted him since

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

The barbarians nodded.

we find beasts?" Shang

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

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

it's like the Caves,'

can't strengthen themselves right

us can," one of them said. "Our previous Leader took us out to strengthen ourselves about a month ago. Most of us have to wait one more month

and looked at Lash. "How about

"I can," Lash answered.

weeks, had traveled to the Deepcore