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.

barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a green streak shoot across

been able to see much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the mission he

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that this

due to the speed of the

to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since he saw nothing, it meant

Shang also had an inkling as to why the green bird was following

Vanishing Snakes,' Shang thought. 'It only strikes when I can feel the

it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes

a deep

Stage in general, and the green

came here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps

as well go to the northwestern forest if

Shang weighed his options.

around now would waste a ton of time. I

suddenly thought with widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in

furrowed brows. 'Why do

it isn't eating

concentrated on his Darkness

the surroundings

seconds later,

was the headless corpse of a

the eggs should be in

like the bird knows that it can't eat the entire

Then, Shang sighed.

I can't turn in that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a beast, and the academy won't accept

I hate having this death bird flying above my head the entire

this a smart

Probably not.

around. After all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their

some reason, Shang

the edge of a cliff made Shang feel

He felt alive.

a unique feeling that he

What was this feeling?

sure, but it was the feeling

control? This didn't seem to be

destiny was in his

died out here, it would be due to

one's fate. If Shang were the most competent

Shang's skills and abilities would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people had

had still been a fighter, he had known that he had had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had still taken him another year to prove

had it taken

how he had

this wilderness, everything was up to

things that would

confident

knew that he would

wanted to prove that to

that he

more powerful he

knew that he wanted