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.

seen the thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing

to see much detail, but he

'A green bird, huh?'

thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

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

all, 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

inkling as to why the green bird was following

as 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

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

a deep

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

but if this

as well go to the northwestern forest if the most

Shang weighed his options.

the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might as well hope that the green bird gets its fill of

being eaten?

with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel like

eating the Vanishing

his Darkness

through the surroundings for

of seconds

the headless corpse of a

the eggs should be in the belly at the back, not in

knows that it can't

Then, Shang sighed.

corpse. It has obviously been killed by a beast, and

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

this a smart

Probably not.

would have turned around. After all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor

for some reason, Shang

a cliff

He felt alive.

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

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was

didn't seem to be related to control at

destiny was in

Shang died out here, it would be due to his own

were no external factors like on Earth. On Earth, other, higher-ranked people often decided one's fate. If Shang were

skills and abilities would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people

he had known that he had had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had still taken him another year to

it taken

see how he

everything

abilities were the only things

confident in

that he

he wanted to prove

prove that he was

powerful he would feel after coming

He only knew that he wanted to