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.'

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

Shang only smirked.

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

Mana Tranquility.

that term several times by now,

becomes an Adept, they absorb a Mana Source. This gives them far more control over their Affinity. This was one of

overwhelming strength of the Mages couldn't be fully

Adepts underwent when they became True

several plants, ores, stones, and beast materials that

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

years of practice to learn that Spell,

five million gold, a ridiculous sum for someone

through Mana Tranquility. They could also become

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

would be knighted, but they would never

time the Mages were

cost an Apprentice about 800 gold, while a

for someone equivalent to a Peak Soldier

far too

would be confronted

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

closer connection to the Natural

was the difference between a True

with Mana Tranquility regenerated Mana three times

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

low-cost Spells were Spells like Lightning Bolt, Icicle,

most common Spells that

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

cast more powerful Spells or

had undergone Mana

that never needed to reload

was no more exhausting the Mage's Mana by evading

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 slightly easier