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

much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

Shang thought of the mission he had

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that this

to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure that

if the green bird had a long beak, Shang would have seen it. He had only been able to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent

Shang also had an inkling as to why the

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

is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey, which gives the green bird an opening to

took a deep

the green bird really is terrifying. Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should be on the same level. Yet, the Vanishing Snakes couldn't even

bad,' Shang thought. 'I came here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing

northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in the

Shang weighed his options.

already too far in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of

'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that

brows. 'Why do

it isn't eating the

concentrated on his

surroundings for places

seconds

was the headless corpse of a

heads? I mean, the eggs should

that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

been killed by a beast, and

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

this a

Probably not.

huge unknown factor that could potentially end their lives. It was

for some reason, Shang enjoyed this

edge of a

He felt alive.

and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he had

What was this feeling?

but it was the feeling

control? This didn't seem to be related

destiny was in his own

out here, it would be due to

people often decided one's fate. If Shang were the most competent person for

enough to succeed, but other

had had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had still taken him another year to prove himself to

had it

he

in this wilderness, everything was up to

abilities were the only things

Shang was confident

that he would

wanted to prove that to

wanted to prove that he was in

his surroundings, the more powerful he

He only knew that he wanted to