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 he

to see much detail, but he had seen

'A green bird, huh?'

thought of the mission he had

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

guessed that this

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

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

had an inkling as to why the green bird was

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

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

a deep

in general, and the green bird should be on the same level.

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

as well go to the northwestern forest if the most

Shang weighed his options.

of time. I might as well hope that the green bird gets its fill of Vanishing

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

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

eating the Vanishing

concentrated on his Darkness

surroundings for places with

couple of seconds later, Shang found

the headless corpse of a translucent

eggs should be

that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

has obviously been killed by a beast, and the academy

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

this a smart

Probably not.

would have turned around. After all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their lives. It was too

for some reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling of

the edge of a cliff

He felt alive.

brought Shang a unique

What was this feeling?

but it was the feeling of

to be

Shang's destiny was in his own

died out here, it would be due to

one's fate. If Shang were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get

enough to succeed, but other people had decided to

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

had it taken so

see how he

in this wilderness, everything was up

things

was confident

that

wanted to prove

wanted to prove that he was in control of his

his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel

only knew