Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang's eyes narrowed.

'Is that thing following me? Why is it continually circling me? Am I near its nest?'

After a bit of deliberation, Shang continued walking towards the northeast.

Sure enough, the thing kept circling above him.

'Shit! That thing's actually following me! Why is it following me when it doesn't attack me!?' Shang thought with frustration.

Shang moved around in senseless patterns to test if that thing was truly following him, and, sure enough, it kept following Shang, no matter where he went.

Shang's frown intensified. He definitely didn't feel comfortable with something like that circling above him.

'If it decides to attack, I have to be ready. If I don't notice the very moment it charges down, I won't be able to react.'

'The thing is very fast, but it doesn't displace enough Mana to be a General Stage beast. It feels a bit stronger than the beasts I saw before, but it doesn't give me the feeling of overwhelming dread that a General Stage beast does.'

Shang remembered that spider he had hidden from on his way to Warrior's Paradise. That thing had been in the General Stage, and Shang had felt absolutely helpless.

In comparison, the thing circling above him felt more like an extremely powerful Soldier Stage beast.

Shang guessed that the thing was probably just like Astor, someone a level below him that could threaten him.

However, in comparison to Astor, this thing was a beast, not a human.

While Shang knew that he couldn't win against Astor, everything was different when his opponent was a beast.

Shang specialized in killing beasts.

If Astor were a beast, Shang was confident in winning, but he would have to be very careful and not make any mistakes.

So, even though the thing was very fast, Shang knew that he had a chance. If it was a flying creature with a lot of speed, its defense and pure power probably weren't that powerful. That meant that Shang could end the fight with one strike. He only had to hit it when it charged at him.

And what if the beast was on the blacklist?

Fuck that!

Shang could run from all manners of beasts, but that thing was far faster than him. Running would most likely end in his death since one wrong dodge would kill him.

So what if he had to pay a huge fine?

He had to stay alive!

Suddenly, Shang stopped.

Another Vanishing Snake had appeared.

Shang continued standing on the spot and concentrated on his Darkness Vision.

His instincts were shouting at him, and Shang saw the Darkness Mana being displaced.

WHOOOSH!

Shang frowned.

Just like last time, the thing above Shang swooped down and killed the Vanishing Snake.

the thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before

able to see much detail, but he

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

Stage, and Shang had guessed that this might be a Spear Stork. That would

long beak. In fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the

been able to see prominent features, and a long

this event, Shang also had an inkling as to why the

Snakes,' Shang thought. 'It only strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means that the Vanishing Snake needs to come

follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey, which gives the green

took a

really is terrifying. Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird

Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing

forest if the most valuable

Shang weighed his options.

already too far in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might as well hope that the green bird gets its fill of Vanishing

with widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean

Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel like it

it isn't eating the

his Darkness

surroundings for

seconds later, Shang

was the headless corpse of a translucent

the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the

the bird knows that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

can't turn in that corpse. It has obviously been killed

flying above my head the entire time,

a

Probably not.

After all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially

reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling of

on the edge of a cliff made

He felt alive.

a unique feeling that he had missed inside the

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was the feeling

This didn't seem to be related

Shang's destiny was

out here, it would be due to his own lack

on Earth. On Earth, other, higher-ranked people often decided one's fate. If Shang were the most competent person

would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to take this chance away from

the abilities

had it taken

how he had won

in this wilderness, everything

things that

Shang was confident in

that he would

he wanted to prove

wanted to prove that he was in control of

more dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel

this. He only knew that