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.'

feel more secure when they see my power. After all, someone

Shang only smirked.

through a couple more strengthenings, it shouldn't be

Mana Tranquility.

that term several times

more control over their Affinity. This

Mages couldn't be fully attributed to the

that Adepts underwent when they

several plants, ores, stones, and beast materials that conformed to their

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

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

ridiculous sum for someone in the Second Realm. After all,

go through Mana Tranquility. They could

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

but they would never enter

time the

an Apprentice about 800 gold, while a Pure

to a Peak

far too much

once again, they would be confronted with something

Spell, purchase the materials,

them a far closer connection to the

a True Mage

Tranquility regenerated Mana three times as fast as

could keep casting low-cost Spells as fast as they could

Spells like

common Spells

their Focus, a True Mage with a Lightning Affinity could cast Lightning Bolts at insane speeds, and

lose Mana if they cast more

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

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

was no more exhausting the Mage's

to beat their Mana out of

now,' Shang thought. 'Of course, I would need to use all of