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.'

the Mages will feel more secure when they see my power. After all, someone

Shang only smirked.

True Mages a lot more power, but if I go through a couple more strengthenings, it shouldn't be a problem to

Mana Tranquility.

thought about that term several times by now, but what was

more control over their Affinity. This was one

the overwhelming strength of the Mages

Adepts underwent

needed to buy several plants, ores, stones,

need to cast a very complicated Spell. No one else could cast the Spell on them. Only the Adept themselves could

at least three years of practice to learn that Spell, and the Spell was

all, the Spell plus practice plus materials would set back the Adept about five million gold, a ridiculous sum for someone in

Adept didn't directly need to go through Mana Tranquility. They

Mages, the

would be knighted, but they would never

this wasn't the first time the

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

gold for someone equivalent to a Peak

far too

Realm, once again, they would be confronted with something that

Spell, learn the Spell, purchase the materials, and perform the Spell,

gave them a far closer connection to the

a True Mage with Mana

Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana

keep casting low-cost Spells as fast as they could without reducing their Mana

were Spells like Lightning Bolt, Icicle,

were the most common Spells that every Mage

Mage with a Lightning Affinity could cast Lightning Bolts at insane speeds, and they wouldn't run out

cast more powerful Spells

the Trial had undergone Mana

needed to reload as long as they only fired basic

there was no more exhausting the Mage's Mana by evading their Spells

to beat their Mana out of

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 easier