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.

He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a green

been able to see much detail,

'A green bird, huh?'

thought of

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

could reach the Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that

Shang 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

able to see prominent features, and a long beak

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

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

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

took a deep

bird really is terrifying. Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green

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

go to the northwestern forest if the

Shang weighed his options.

ton of time. I might as

being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky is

thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I

it isn't eating the

concentrated on his

searched through the surroundings for places with

of seconds

was the headless corpse of

eggs should be in the belly

like the bird knows that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

turn in that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a

head the entire time, but it probably doesn't

this a

Probably not.

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

for some reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling

edge of a cliff made

He felt alive.

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

What was this feeling?

sure, but it

control? This didn't seem to

Shang's destiny was in his own

here, it would be due

If Shang were the most competent person for a job,

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

had the abilities to enter the MNFA.

had it

he had

in this wilderness, everything was up to

only things that

confident in his

that

to prove

to prove that he was in control of

dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would

He only knew that he