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 power couldn't keep even more stashed

Shang only smirked.

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

Mana Tranquility.

had thought about that term several times by now, but

This gives them far more control over

the Mages couldn't be fully attributed to the

Tranquility was something that Adepts underwent when they became True

several plants, ores, stones, and beast materials

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

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

gold, a ridiculous sum for someone in the Second Realm. After all, their Focus barely

to go through Mana Tranquility. They could also become a True Mage

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

would be knighted, but they would

the first time the Mages were confronted

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

someone equivalent to a Peak Soldier Stage

far too

once again, they would be confronted with something that was

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

to the Natural Mana that was around them all

True Mage with Mana

regenerated Mana

Tranquility could keep casting low-cost Spells as fast

were Spells like Lightning Bolt,

common Spells

Focus, a True Mage with a Lightning Affinity could cast Lightning Bolts

lose Mana if they cast

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

that never needed

Mana Tranquility, there was no more exhausting the

to beat their

could kill an Initial True Mage right now,' Shang thought. 'Of course, I would need to use all of