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.

move. He had barely looked in the direction of the

been able to see much detail, but he had

'A green bird, huh?'

of the mission he

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang

been able to see prominent features, and a long beak

event, Shang also had an inkling as to why

bait to 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

is why it follows me.

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

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

northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in the

Shang weighed his options.

the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might

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

brows. 'Why do I feel like it

it isn't eating the Vanishing

concentrated on his Darkness Vision

he searched through the surroundings

couple of seconds

was the headless corpse of a translucent

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

bird knows that it can't

Then, Shang sighed.

can't turn in that corpse. It has obviously been killed

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

a smart

Probably not.

a huge

some reason, Shang enjoyed

a cliff

He felt alive.

mix of terror, uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was the feeling of

didn't seem to be related

Shang's destiny was in his

be due to

Earth. On Earth, other, higher-ranked people often decided one's fate. If Shang were the most competent person for a job,

easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to

he had known that he had had the abilities

had it taken

they see how he had

wilderness, everything

only things

Shang was confident

that he would

to prove that

that he was in control of

more powerful

only knew that he wanted to be