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.'

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

Shang only smirked.

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

Mana Tranquility.

about that term several times

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

of the Mages

something that Adepts underwent

ores, stones, and beast materials that

a very complicated Spell. No one else could cast the Spell

practice to learn that Spell, and

about five million gold, a ridiculous sum for someone in the Second Realm. After

through Mana

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

knighted, but they would

the Mages

an Apprentice about 800 gold, while

for someone equivalent to a Peak Soldier

far

again, they would

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

a far closer connection to the Natural Mana that was

difference between a True Mage with Mana Tranquility

True Mage with Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana three times as fast

with Mana Tranquility could keep casting low-cost

Spells were Spells like Lightning Bolt,

most common Spells that

a Lightning Affinity could cast Lightning Bolts at insane speeds, and they

would only lose Mana if they cast more powerful Spells

had undergone Mana Tranquility, he would

Tranquility essentially transformed Mages into gatling guns that never needed to reload

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

would need to beat their Mana out

True Mage right now,' Shang thought. 'Of course, I would need to use all of my power. I think killing an average Initial True Mage with Mana Tranquility is only