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.

them continued running for another

the Farm Line. Instead, Shang could see thick forests a couple of kilometers away from the

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

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 only find beasts

the Wasteland but the Workland

interest. "You hunt wild Beasts? Isn't that

good hunters finish at the same time and go to sell their wares, leaving for a

they will become so numerous that the Wasteland

Shang nodded. "What about-"

suddenly interrupted Shang as he

expanded it to its true form. In one fluid

BANG!

over, and

Cat that had been nailed to a tree

question?" the scout asked as he put

a

had been way

Pest Cat in one or

had been about as powerful

incorrectly back then, this Pest Cat

couldn't evade something like

"I can't shoot such an

such

our job to take out troublesome beasts. I usually don't deal with weaker beasts, but Pest Cats are an exception. They simply

Shang nodded.

arrow had

earlier, what's beyond the Wasteland?"

do know more than I

said that the strength of the beasts keeps escalating until even the Duke

"A funny way to put it, but yes,

powerful that it ravages the land and creates powerful wind tunnels. You can only find beasts there that can completely live off Mana.

you find the Crater. Only the most powerful beasts with Wind Affinities

beast this zone is named after and the

human in the world?" Shang

are the only Archmages in existence, but even they are helpless in front of the Storm Eagle. Even among Zone Beasts, the Storm Eagle is one