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.

had been prepared this time, he had seen the thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake

been able to see much

'A green bird, huh?'

thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

hadn't seen a long beak. In fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure that it wasn't

been able to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since he saw nothing, it meant this thing didn't have a

as to why the green bird was following

the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means that the Vanishing Snake needs to come out of

it follows me. The

a

bird really is terrifying. Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should be on the same level.

this thing keeps killing them, I won't be able to kill

to the northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in the northeastern

Shang weighed his options.

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 Snakes and

thought with widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky is already at death's

it?' Shang thought with furrowed brows.

isn't eating

concentrated on his

the surroundings for

of seconds later, Shang

the headless corpse of

only eating the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the belly at the back,

bird knows that

Then, Shang sighed.

been killed by a beast, and the academy

hate having this death bird flying above my head the entire time, but it probably doesn't care about me. Might as well

this a

Probably not.

all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their lives. It was too

reason, Shang enjoyed

the edge of a cliff

He felt alive.

brought Shang a unique feeling

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was

This didn't seem to be

that Shang's destiny was in his

would be due

higher-ranked people often decided one's fate. If Shang were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get it

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

had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had still

it taken so

he had

everything was up to

only things that

confident in

that he would

wanted to prove that

to prove that he was in control

the more powerful he would feel after coming

He only knew that he wanted to be