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.'

feel more secure when they

Shang only smirked.

power, but if I go through a couple more strengthenings, it shouldn't be a

Mana Tranquility.

several times by now,

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

overwhelming strength of the Mages couldn't be fully

something that Adepts underwent when

buy several plants, ores, stones, and beast materials

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

at least three years of practice to learn

set back the Adept about five million gold, a ridiculous sum for someone

through Mana Tranquility. They could also become

become the weakest True Mages, the ones that could

be knighted, but they would never enter true

wasn't the first time the

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

gold for someone equivalent to

was far too much

Realm, once again, they would be confronted with something

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

Tranquility gave them a far closer connection to the Natural Mana that was around

a True Mage

True Mage with Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana three times as

that a True Mage with Mana Tranquility could keep casting low-cost Spells as fast as they could without reducing their

were Spells like

most common Spells

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

cast more powerful Spells or when they

the opponents Shang had fought in the Trial had undergone Mana Tranquility,

Mages into gatling guns that never needed to reload

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

need to beat their

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