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 with so much power couldn't keep even more stashed

Shang only smirked.

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

Mana Tranquility.

term several times by now, but what

an Apprentice becomes an Adept, they absorb a Mana Source. This gives them far more control over their Affinity. This was one of the reasons why Mages are

Mages couldn't be fully attributed to

Adepts underwent when they

ores, stones, and beast materials that conformed

Spell. No one else could cast the

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

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

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

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

would be knighted, but they would

this wasn't the first time the Mages were confronted

Apprentice about 800 gold, while a Pure Mana Source cost

to a Peak Soldier Stage

far too

would be confronted with something that was

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

them a far closer connection to the Natural

a True

Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana

practical terms, this meant that a True Mage with Mana Tranquility could keep casting low-cost Spells as fast as they could

were Spells like Lightning Bolt,

were the most common Spells

True Mage with a Lightning Affinity could cast Lightning Bolts

cast more powerful Spells or when they were

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

Tranquility essentially transformed Mages into gatling guns that never needed to reload as long as

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

need to beat their Mana out

True Mage right now,' Shang thought. 'Of course, I would need to use all of my power. I think killing an average Initial True