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.

prepared this time, he had seen the thing move. He had barely looked in

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

to the speed of 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 a prominent feature, but

had an inkling as

'It only strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which

follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as

a

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

here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing them, I won't

if the most valuable prey in the northeastern

Shang weighed his options.

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

widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky is already

Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I

isn't eating

on his Darkness

searched through the surroundings

of seconds

corpse of a

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

bird knows that it can't eat the entire

Then, Shang sighed.

It has obviously been killed by

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

this a

Probably not.

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

some reason, Shang enjoyed this

edge of a cliff made

He felt alive.

brought Shang a unique feeling that he had missed inside

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was the feeling

control? This didn't seem to be related to control at

that Shang's destiny was in his own

here, it would be due

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

easily enough to succeed, but

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

it taken so

they see how he had won

this wilderness, everything

only things that would decide

Shang was confident in his

knew that he would

to

wanted to prove that he was in

dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel

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