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.'

I will get more freedom, and the Mages will feel more secure when they see my power.

Shang only smirked.

the True Mages a lot more power, but if I go through a couple more strengthenings,

Mana Tranquility.

several times by now, but

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

the Mages couldn't be fully attributed to the Mana

was something that Adepts underwent

stones, and beast materials that conformed to their

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

practice to learn that Spell, and the

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

Mana Tranquility. They could

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

would be knighted, but they would

first time the Mages were confronted with issues

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

equivalent to a

was far too

Mage Realm, once again, they would

to purchase the Spell, learn the Spell, purchase the materials, and perform the Spell, their investment would pay

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

difference between a True Mage with Mana Tranquility and

Tranquility regenerated Mana three times as fast as

could keep casting

like Lightning

Spells that

a True Mage with a Lightning Affinity could cast Lightning Bolts

they cast more powerful Spells

undergone Mana Tranquility, he would have died against his third

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

more exhausting the Mage's Mana by evading their Spells

need to beat their Mana

with Mana Tranquility, I'm confident that I could kill an Initial True Mage right now,' Shang thought. 'Of course, I would need to use all of my power.