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.'

outstanding has 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 even more stashed

Shang only smirked.

if I go through a couple more strengthenings, it

Mana Tranquility.

that term several times by now, but what was it

Source. This gives them far more control

overwhelming strength of the Mages couldn't be

was something that Adepts underwent when

needed to buy several plants, ores, stones, and beast materials that conformed to

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

learn that Spell,

practice plus materials would set back the Adept about five million gold, a ridiculous sum for

Adept didn't directly need to go through Mana Tranquility. They could also become a True Mage

the weakest True Mages, the

be knighted, but they would never

this wasn't the first time the Mages were confronted

Mana Source only cost an Apprentice about 800 gold,

for someone equivalent to

far too

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

Adept managed to purchase the Spell, learn the Spell, purchase the materials, and perform

to the Natural Mana that was around them

the difference between a True Mage with Mana

with Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana three times as fast

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

were Spells like Lightning Bolt,

Spells that every

Lightning Affinity could cast Lightning Bolts at insane speeds, and they wouldn't run

lose Mana if they cast more powerful Spells or when they

Shang had fought in the Trial had undergone Mana

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

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

to beat

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. I think killing an