Sword God in a World of Magic

After strengthening himself for the first time as a barbarian, Shang left the tunnels together with Lash.

"Did you feel a difference?" Shang asked.

"A lot of things make sense now," Lash said. "Previously, I noticed that I grew stronger by much more on some occasions and not as much on others."

"This time, I grew by a lot."

Shang nodded. "Good to hear," he said.

The two of them left the caves and returned to the group of barbarians, who were surprised and not surprised to see Shang alive at the same time.

On one hand, Shang and Lash had killed two Peak General Stage beasts very quickly, which almost seemed impossible, but on the other hand, Shang was the strongest of them, and they had full trust in him.

There was a weird conflict in their minds about whether or not what Shang did was impossible or natural.

In the end, their minds could only feel astonishment.

Their new Leader was truly powerful!

Shang and the group of barbarians resumed training.

But just a couple of days later, the Mages sent an announcement to the troop.

Tomorrow, they would attack!

'So, it's finally happening,' Shang thought. 'I was wondering if this was actually a military camp since I've been here for nearly a month without any enemy contact. Almost felt like a vacation. Well, I guess that's also why so many barbarians want to go to this front.'

The barbarians prepared themselves over the next day.

Tomorrow, they would enter battle, and it was unknown how many of them would be able to come back.

Shang also trained with Sword for the entire night to test his newfound strength.

'I should be careful of not unveiling too much power,' he thought. 'It's not an issue when I'm the strongest barbarian, but the gap shouldn't be too vast. Additionally, I need to keep my Domain and my mastery over my Mana and Affinities secret.'

uses. I will get more freedom, and the Mages will feel more secure when they see my power. After all, someone with so much

Shang only smirked.

Mages a lot more power, but if I go through a couple more strengthenings,

Mana Tranquility.

times

a Mana Source. This gives them far more control over their Affinity. This was

overwhelming strength of the Mages couldn't be fully attributed to the

Tranquility was something that Adepts underwent when they became True

to buy several plants, ores, stones, and beast materials

gathered, the Adept would need to cast a very complicated Spell. No one else

of practice to learn that Spell, and the Spell was also rather expensive

Adept about five million gold, a ridiculous sum for someone in the Second Realm. After all, their Focus barely cost 500 thousand to

go through Mana Tranquility. They

would become the weakest True Mages, the ones that could only work in the lowest

but they would

first time the Mages were confronted

normal Mana Source only cost an Apprentice about 800 gold, while a Pure Mana Source cost

for someone equivalent to a Peak Soldier Stage

far

once again, they would

the Spell, purchase the materials,

far closer connection to the Natural

a True Mage

with Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana three times as fast

Mage with Mana Tranquility could keep casting low-cost

Spells like Lightning

common Spells that every Mage used

Mage with a Lightning Affinity could cast Lightning Bolts at insane speeds, and they

cast more powerful Spells or when

had undergone Mana Tranquility, he would have died against his third

into gatling guns that never needed to

exhausting the Mage's Mana by evading their Spells

need to beat their Mana out

kill an Initial True Mage right now,' Shang thought. 'Of course, I would need to use all of my power. I think killing an average Initial True Mage with Mana Tranquility is only slightly