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

much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

any beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure that it

it. He had only been able to see prominent features, and a long beak would

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

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

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

a deep

the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should be on the same

here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing them, I won't be able to kill any of

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

Shang weighed his options.

I'm already too far in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might

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

Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I

isn't eating the

his Darkness Vision

he searched through the surroundings for places with

of seconds

corpse of a

eating the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the belly at the back, not in

bird knows that it can't eat the entire

Then, Shang sighed.

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

above my head the entire time, but it probably doesn't care about me.

a smart

Probably not.

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

reason, Shang enjoyed this

edge of a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

mix of terror, uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he had missed inside the

What was this feeling?

it was the

This didn't seem to

that Shang's destiny was

out here, it would be due to his own

were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get it as long as the manager didn't like

have been easily enough to

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

it taken so

he

wilderness, everything was up

only things that would decide

was confident in

knew that he

he wanted to prove

prove that he

powerful

know all this. He only knew that he wanted to be