Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang thought that assumption to be stupid, but he could see where they were coming from.

Yes, the barbarians were very simple-minded, almost like beasts. They even lived in tribes and just followed the strongest one blindly.

"So, you think that the barbarians' minds become more similar to beasts," Shang said.

"Correct," George said. "We don't know it yet, which is why we are running the tests. Some deaths or some heightened aggression would be acceptable, in my opinion, but decreasing the warrior's intelligence would not make them stronger but weaker."

"They wouldn't even be able to create any sort of True Path, which would force them to follow the barbarian path to the end, which means they will just become beasts. That's not our goal. We want warriors."

"I see where you're coming from," Shang said, "but I really doubt that side effect actually exists. I've been using that technique for ten years, and I haven't changed."

George and Jerald raised an eyebrow each.

"Okay, bad choice of words," Shang said. "What I meant is that I didn't become dumber."

"We know," Jerald said, "but the things we saw in those barbarians' minds are very worrisome. We saw their lives and how horribly they performed in school. They were being taught the most basic things, but they still-"

"Wow, wait a second," Shang said as he interrupted Jerald. "What did you just say? Schools?"

Jerald furrowed his eyebrows. "Yes, schools. We've seen the schools in their minds."

"What schools?" Shang asked in shock. "There are no schools for barbarians."

"Shang, we've read their minds. We saw the schools. There are schools," Jerald said.

"No, there are not!" Shang shouted. "I've been at the northern border where all the elite and talented barbarians go, and not even one of them talked about any sort of school. How would schools even be possible? Everyone lives in a stupid fucking tribe with the most backward ideologies."

"I led over ten of the most talented barbarians for months, and I've taught them basically everything they know. They didn't even know about the most basic concepts, and I had to teach them all of these concepts."

"Even more, they learned the concepts pretty quickly as soon as they actually listened to me."

I've never heard anyone mention

George

That didn't seem right.

minds of several barbarians, and the Inquisitors' loyalty couldn't

had to be true, and the barbarians' minds also hadn't been altered in any

a while, there was

an idea. "Have there been barbarians that didn't see

they are even

if the schools are

"A front?" George asked.

"As I've already stated, I've been with the most powerful barbarians, and I know how they live. They didn't go to any school, and I would assume that, if there

severely doubt that the trash barbarians on the southern border got something like

minds of the barbarians probably isn't fake, which means that

an education get sent to die on the southern front? That seems like a stupid waste

the school they went to somehow managed to weaken the enemy, right?"

furrowed. "So, you're saying that the weak barbarians in the south go to school so that

Shang nodded.

at

looked back at Shang, "but this plan seems too strange

tell you that there are no schools!" Shang said. "I am sure that the talented warriors didn't visit any kind of school, and I can assure you that they learn

works since I've been using it for a decade. I even used it in unintended ways. For example, I've absorbed beasts one level

can block off all the foreign Mana in my body. When the foreign Mana starts to reawaken, it tries to take over my mind, but this is not

to resist its force. This is not some war over resources where it gains control over some, and I get control back. This is a stalemate. It's one

in my mind breaks, I will turn into a beast. This means that the foreign Mana didn't even reach my mind. If it did, I wouldn't

it can't even touch my mind, how is it supposed to

is no way that the strengthening technique has some kind of subtle effect on someone's mind," Shang

looked

will ask some of my Inquisitors to review the things they have seen in the barbarian's minds. I'll tell them to look for any clues that the schools

Shang nodded. "Thank you."

too. "If this actually proves to be true, I'll have to commend the Grandmountain Kingdom.