Sword God in a World of Magic

After watching the Wasteland for a while, Shang left towards the northeastern forest. He ran down the street at a comfortable pace, and a couple of minutes later, Shang arrived at the place where the road met the actual ground.

Shang looked at the sun to check where it was currently. He knew that it was the afternoon, which meant that the sun was in the west.

'Sure enough, the sun acts the same way in this world as it does on Earth. The road ends in the north, and the sun's currently left from where I am. I doubt I will come out of the Wild Forest before the day is over. I think I should spend the night in the eastern forest and try to hunt as many beasts as I can.'

Shang checked if he had everything he needed and went towards the northeast.

The Wild Forest stretched for nearly a hundred kilometers into the east and the west. After a hundred kilometers on either side, one would reach the next Zones. If one went towards the northwest, one would eventually reach the wilderness of the Ice Wyvern Zone, and if one went to the northeast, one would reach the wilderness of the Empress Cobra Zone.

The borders between the Farm Line and the Wild Forest had very few beasts due to the scouts and guarding dogs. If Shang wanted to hunt beasts, he would need to travel into the Wild Forest for quite a few kilometers.

Shang charged towards the northeast, and as soon as he reached the forest, he jumped onto a tree. Walking on the ground would attract the attention of several beasts.

Usually, Shang wouldn't care about some beasts at the Soldier Stage, but the Wild Forest was under strict management. If Shang accidentally got noticed by a beast that he wasn't allowed to kill, it could become troublesome. After all, the leaders of Warrior's Paradise didn't care if a hunter was attacked by such a beast. The hunter was not allowed to kill it, even if they were attacked.

Shang jumped from tree to tree, and only a couple of minutes later, he saw the first beast.

It was an orange lizard with red eyes. It was about a meter tall and two meters long. A red frill could be seen around its neck.

'I have no idea what kind of beast that is, but it doesn't feel dangerous,' Shang thought. 'From what I'm feeling, I think that beast is in the Middle Soldier Stage. Sadly, killing it would be a risk since I don't know if that thing is on the blacklist or not.'

Shang continued jumping from tree to tree as silently as he could, which wasn't easy. However, he had had enough practice.

On his journey, Shang also saw a huge brown boar and bird with a very imposing and angry-looking face.

The name of a beast immediately appeared in Shang's mind when he saw that bird.

'Grimface,' Shang thought. 'I remember looking at a mission that was about a Grimface. I guess that bird is a Grimface, right? I mean, the face certainly fits.'

'Sadly, I don't know what the client actually wants from the beast. Additionally, I didn't even accept the mission. I'm unsure if it's a problem if I kill the target before accepting the mission.'

Shang continued traveling toward the northeast for another hour. By jumping from tree to tree, Shang's speed had taken a considerable hit. At most, he was maybe ten kilometers into the forest.

when Shang found one of

one-meter-high and about ten-meter-long millipede. It was currently curled around a dying tree on the ground. The ground around it had sunken, and a smelly purple liquid was

that's a Swamp Millipede,' Shang thought. '50 Contribution Points for each. I only need to bring its two feelers to get the

Swamp Millipede was only moving slightly, which showed that it was alive. Luckily, it hadn't noticed

Affinity yet, but I can imagine that being hit by poison can be troublesome. I think I

slowly moved around the surrounding trees to

can see its tail and basically its entire body, but the head is nowhere to be seen. Well, I know where the

sure enough, he found the

I can't hit it from the

is an

with a frown. A big chunk of its body had curled around the place where its head entered the tree.

poisonous gas or something similar. Because of

far away. I also can't land on the dead tree since it will notice

he tried

Suddenly, Shang's eyebrows rose.

looked at his

I have a couple

'Would that work?'

Silence.

should try

Mana since the Mana I give off with my

to a stable branch near

Then, he jumped off.

a long arc to gain more distance. He had to travel for nearly

downward. As it looked right now, he would probably land around three meters away from

Whoosh!

the ground behind him and used his Ice

Shang forward and

powerful that Shang would hit the tree above the

hit the tree, he pointed his left arm towards the sky as he

Whoosh!

hot wind came out of Shang's