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

see much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

guessed that this might be a Spear Stork. That would explain

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

if the green bird had a long beak, Shang would have seen it. He had only been able to see prominent features,

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

which is why it follows me. The

took a deep

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

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

forest if the most valuable prey in the northeastern forest

Shang weighed his options.

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

Shang suddenly thought with widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky

brows. 'Why do I feel like

it isn't eating the

on his Darkness

through the surroundings for places with

seconds later, Shang found

corpse

eating the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the belly at the back,

bird knows that it can't

Then, Shang sighed.

corpse. It has obviously been killed

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

this a

Probably not.

a huge unknown factor

for some reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling

on the edge of a cliff made Shang feel

He felt alive.

brought Shang a unique feeling that

What was this feeling?

it was

to be related to control at

Shang's destiny was in

would be due to

were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get it as long as the manager didn't like

to succeed, but other people had decided to take this

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

it taken

see how he had

wilderness, everything was up

things that

was confident in his

knew that he

wanted to prove

to prove that he was in control of his

powerful he would feel after coming out

know all this. He only knew