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.'

will get more freedom, and the Mages will feel more secure when

Shang only smirked.

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

Mana Tranquility.

about that term several times

far more control over their Affinity. This was one of the reasons

strength of the Mages couldn't be fully

was something that Adepts underwent when they

stones,

Spell. No one else could cast the Spell on them. Only

least three years of practice to learn that Spell, and the

materials would set back the Adept about five million gold, a ridiculous

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

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

they would never

first time the Mages were confronted

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

someone equivalent to a

far

once again, they would be confronted

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

far closer connection to the Natural Mana that

between a True Mage with Mana Tranquility and

True Mage with Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana

this meant that a True Mage with Mana Tranquility could keep casting low-cost Spells

Spells like Lightning Bolt, Icicle,

common Spells that every Mage

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

cast more powerful Spells

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

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

more exhausting the Mage's Mana by evading their Spells for

to beat their Mana

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