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.

two of them continued running

which meant that they had left the Farm Line. Instead,

is the Wild Forest," the scout explained. "The streets are safe since the dogs and guards also patrol here, but the Wild Forest is filled with beasts. The beasts in the Wild Forest are only at the Soldier Stage, but if

Forest, the wind becomes so strong that only very few plants can grow there, making it a wasteland. That's the Wasteland, obviously, and the Wind Mana is so strong there that you can basically

Wasteland but the Workland since most of our work is being

Beasts? Isn't that more of a job for

always get enough hunters to take care of the wild Beasts. Sometimes, all the good hunters finish at the same

so numerous that the Wasteland won't

Shang nodded. "What about-"

sec," the scout suddenly interrupted

a folded bow and expanded it to its true form. In one fluid motion, the scout took out an arrow

BANG!

and his

Pest Cat that had been nailed to a tree by an

question?" the scout asked as

was a bit

had been way

in one or

They had been about as powerful as this guard, and they

then, this Pest Cat could

evade

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

such

do. After all, it's our job to take out troublesome beasts. I usually don't deal with weaker

Shang nodded.

had

wanted to ask earlier, what's beyond the

than I thought.

the strength of the beasts keeps escalating until even the Duke has

heard that, he chuckled. "A funny way to put

The wind there is so powerful that it ravages the land and creates powerful wind tunnels. You can only find beasts there that

Affinities live there, and they are as powerful as our Duke and the Headmaster

Storm Eagle, the beast this zone is named after and the source of all the Wind Mana. No human in the world can take down that beast," the

the world?"

people in the world are the different Kings. They are the only Archmages in existence, but even they are helpless in front of the Storm Eagle. Even among