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

Shang only smirked.

more power, but if I go through a

Mana Tranquility.

had thought about that term several times by now, but

Source. This gives them far more control over their

the overwhelming strength of the Mages

something that Adepts

several plants, ores, stones,

very complicated Spell. No one else could cast

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

ridiculous sum for someone in the Second Realm. After all, their Focus barely cost 500

an Adept didn't directly need to go through Mana Tranquility. They

True Mages, the ones that could only

be knighted, but they would

the Mages were confronted with issues

an Apprentice about 800 gold, while a

gold for someone equivalent to a

was far too

once again, they would be confronted with something

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

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

difference between a True

Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana three times as fast as

meant that a True Mage with Mana Tranquility could keep

were Spells like Lightning

the most common Spells

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

Mana if they cast more powerful Spells or

the Trial had undergone

guns that never needed

Tranquility, there was no more exhausting the Mage's Mana by evading

beat their

use all of my power. I think