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.'

its 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

Shang only smirked.

through a

Mana Tranquility.

had thought about that term several times by

an Adept, they absorb a Mana Source. This gives them far more control over

the Mages couldn't

was something that Adepts underwent when

to buy several plants, ores, stones, and

to cast a very complicated Spell. No one else

at least three years of practice to learn

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

Mana

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

but they would

first time the Mages were confronted with issues regarding

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

to a Peak

was far too much

True Mage Realm, once again, they would be confronted with something that was very,

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

closer connection to the Natural Mana that was around them all

a True

regenerated Mana three

terms, this meant that a True Mage with Mana Tranquility could keep casting

were Spells like

common Spells that every Mage used

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

Mana if they cast more powerful Spells or when

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

gatling guns that never needed to reload

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

beat their Mana

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