Sword God in a World of Magic

After waiting for a couple more minutes, Shang noticed that the dangerous feeling didn't return.

Apparently, the Vanishing Snake had vanished.

Shang put the beast sack back on his back. It still was rather light since he only harvested ears and feelers.

By now, the sun was near the horizon. Soon, it would be night.

'I should be able to find a lot more Pest Cats in the night. I've already found quite a few during the evening when they are hiding, which means that I will find even more during the night.'

'This definitely isn't like Duke Whirlwind's garden. Duke Whirlwind's garden didn't have that many actual beasts. Most of the things in Duke Whirlwind's garden were animals.'

'When I came to this world, I thought that the God put me in some dangerous area, but only now do I realize that he really had put me in some sort of tutorial area. If he had put me in this forest, I wouldn't even have survived a day probably.'

'The most dangerous beasts in Duke Whirlwind's garden had been the Pest Cats, and there hadn't even been that many. Sure, there have also been some more powerful beasts, but they were rare. On top of that, the Ice Spear Bear was completely isolated in the lake and only appeared in the winter. If I didn't search for it, I wouldn't have found it.'

Shang continued towards the northeast, and soon enough, night hit.

As soon as the last glimmer of light vanished, the entire feeling of the forest changed, and a familiar feeling appeared in Shang's heart.

This was just like back when he had been in Duke Whirlwind's garden at night.

It was a feeling of pressure and unknown. It was like every nook and cranny could hide a powerful beast.

Shang knew that he wasn't in much danger since he counted as basically the strongest entity in this forest, but he still felt a bit nervous.

His instincts simply told him that he had to be careful.

Shang continued traveling towards the northeast and killed a couple more Pest Cats. Sure enough, Shang found one nearly every five minutes as soon as night hit. Luckily, since he was at the Peak of the Soldier Stage, his eyesight was pretty good.

However, even that wouldn't have been enough to find that many Pest Cats.

So, how did Shang find so many?

Because Shang found something interesting.

As soon as the night hit, the Darkness Mana in the surroundings started to become denser.

feel Darkness Mana. He was also able to feel Light and

was logical, but why was feeling Light Mana useless? Shouldn't he

depended on the

not a lot of light reached the ground. Because of that, during the day, the Darkness and Light Mana had actually been in balance. There wasn't enough of either

the night, Shang could use the Darkness

and it didn't have that much range, but it

only perceive a bit of movement regarding Mana. If something without much Mana moved, like the wind or branches, he wouldn't be able to feel that. However, if something with a lot of Mana

a bit different. Shang couldn't feel them push the Darkness Mana to the side but gathering it. It was like they were attracting it

this cloak of Darkness Mana was the reason why the Pest Cats were able to

new ability, he also noticed

in the sky, something was displacing Darkness Mana, and it was displacing

that something was flying above him, above the forest, and it was quite powerful. Shang wasn't certain how powerful it was, but it felt more powerful than any of the beasts he had seen before

he certainly didn't want to aggravate whatever was

as it was now, he didn't know whether he was allowed to kill it or not. If that thing up there was on the blacklist, and he provoked

let it fly

Shang's eyes narrowed, and he stopped

The feeling had returned.

Vanishing Snake

time, he had scared the Vanishing Snake off by looking around frantically, and he didn't want that

were exactly the reason

them was

to now, he barely earned

Darkness Vision and closed his

had already learned earlier that it was impossible to spot the Vanishing Snakes with his eyes, which meant that he

genuinely nervous. He felt a heavy feeling in his stomach, but he also felt some

feeling of being

had been so long since he had last

his

entire mind was concentrating on his instincts and Darkness

lightly through the forest, but mostly, the

Shang simply stood in

some seconds, Shang felt his instincts become louder. They

at the same time, Shang

small was