Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang nodded. "Thanks."

"Just wait for a bit. My replacement should be here pretty soon. Aaaaaand, he's here!" the scout said with a smirk. "Punctual as always."

Shang looked around, but he couldn't see the other guy.

The scout saw Shang's confused expression and chuckled a bit. Then, he showed his wrist to Shang. Shang could see a small device attached to the scout's wrist. It looked almost like a wristwatch.

"It's this thing. It's been created by Mages, and it keeps us all informed. I just got informed that my shift ended. Let's go," the scout said as he gestured to the front.

Shang nodded.

Then, the guard shot forward, and Shang followed him. They weren't sprinting or running, but jogging comfortably, which was still very fast compared to normal humans.

While jogging, Shang kept looking at the Farm Line. "What are these dogs?" he asked.

"The Farm Dogs?" the scout asked. "They are there to deal with rogue beasts and Pest Cats. If they see any beast that isn't accompanied by a human, they will kill that beast."

Shang nodded. That made sense.

"Do these dogs have affinities?" he asked. After all, Shang had seen plenty of beasts with Elemental Affinities.

"Most of them are Wind or Earth," the scout answered. "The ones with Wind Affinities deal with Pest Cats and weaker beasts. If a powerful beast arrives, the dogs work together to bring it down. Basically any beast that comes here will be killed as long as it's below the Commander Stage."

Shang nodded. The Commander Stage was the Third Realm, which was the Realm the hedgehog had been in. If the hedgehog came here, it could probably kill every dog with one needle each.

As the two of them kept running, one of the dogs suddenly barreled towards them at a much faster speed.

Shang looked over nervously, but the scout only smiled at the dog.

The dog ran circles around them while they were still running with incredible speed, and the scout extended his hand.

The dog quickly stopped and let the scout scratch it behind the ear. Usually, a human wouldn't even reach such a high place, but the dog was lowering its head with happiness.

Shang only smiled. 'Well, some things don't change, even if we are in different worlds.'

After a bit, the dog ran away again to get back to its place of work.

"Don't try to do the same thing," the scout said. "The dogs know me, but they don't know you. They are used to killing, and it's dangerous to interact with them without supervision."

Shang nodded.

continued running for another twenty

see any farms anymore, which meant that they had left the Farm Line. Instead, Shang could see thick forests a couple of kilometers

Forest is filled with beasts. The beasts in the Wild Forest are only at the Soldier Stage, but if you stray too far, you will eventually reach

That's the Wasteland, obviously, and the

the Wasteland but the

with interest. "You hunt wild Beasts? Isn't that more of a

all the good hunters finish at the same time

soldiers have to fulfill the quota for hunted Beasts. If we don't regularly kill enough Beasts, they will become so numerous that the Wasteland

Shang nodded. "What about-"

scout suddenly interrupted Shang as he

it to its true form. In one fluid motion,

BANG!

looked over, and

that had been nailed to a

the scout asked as he

was a

been way too

Pest Cat in one or two seconds from two kilometers

the guards in Duke Whirlwind's garden. They had been about as powerful as this guard, and they had pointed their crossbows and

acted incorrectly back then, this

couldn't evade something

Bow," the scout said when he saw that Shang still didn't speak. "I can't shoot such an arrow without its help. If I used

such a bow?"

I usually don't deal with weaker beasts, but Pest Cats are an exception. They simply

Shang nodded.

arrow had definitely been

I wanted to ask earlier, what's beyond the Wasteland?"

more than I thought. Why do you think there is

that the strength of the beasts keeps escalating until even the Duke has to be

chuckled. "A funny way to put it, but

You can only find beasts there that can completely live off Mana. That means that all beasts there are at the Commander

you find the Crater. Only the most powerful beasts with Wind Affinities live there, and they are as powerful

zone is named after and the source of all the Wind Mana. No human in the world can

world?" Shang asked in

They are the only Archmages in existence, but even they are helpless in front of