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.

I go through a couple more strengthenings, it shouldn't be a problem to jump another

Mana Tranquility.

term several times by now,

becomes an Adept, they absorb a Mana Source. This gives them far more control over their Affinity. This was one

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

Adepts

plants, ores, stones, and

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

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

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

through Mana Tranquility. They could also become a True

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

they would never enter

time the Mages were confronted with issues

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

someone equivalent to

far

Realm, once again, they would be confronted

learn the Spell, purchase

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

between a True

regenerated Mana three times as fast

terms, this meant that a True Mage with Mana Tranquility could keep casting low-cost Spells as fast as they could without

Spells like Lightning Bolt, Icicle, Wind

common Spells that every Mage used

could cast Lightning Bolts at insane speeds, and they wouldn't run out of

only lose Mana if they cast

the opponents Shang had fought in the Trial had undergone Mana Tranquility, he would have died

into gatling guns that never needed to reload as long as they only fired

more exhausting the Mage's

need to beat their Mana

confident that I could 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 easier than winning