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.

been prepared this time, he had seen the thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a

to see much detail, but he had seen

'A green bird, huh?'

thought of the mission he

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

and Shang had guessed that this

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

Shang would have seen it. He had only been able to see prominent features, and a

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

when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which

is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me

a deep

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

Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing them, I won't be

forest if

Shang weighed his options.

in 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

Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that

it?' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel like it

isn't eating

concentrated on his Darkness Vision

through the surroundings

couple of seconds

was the headless corpse of a

heads? I mean, the eggs should

knows that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a beast, and the academy won't accept

death bird flying above my head the entire time, but it probably doesn't care about me. Might as

this a

Probably not.

green bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their lives.

for some reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling of

the edge of a cliff made Shang feel

He felt alive.

uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a

What was this feeling?

but it was the feeling

didn't seem to be

meant that Shang's destiny was in his

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 the most competent person for a job, he

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

still been a fighter, he had known that he had had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had

had it

they see how he had won

wilderness, everything was up

things

was confident in his

knew that he

wanted to prove

to prove that he was in control of his

more dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel after coming

this. He only knew