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.

thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a green streak shoot across his

hadn't been able to see much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

Shang thought of

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

Stage, and Shang had guessed that this might be a Spear

long beak. In fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure

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

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 come out of hiding to

is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey, which gives

a

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

but if this

might as well go to the northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in the

Shang weighed his options.

of time. I might

multiplying by being eaten? Does that

with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel like

isn't eating

concentrated on his Darkness

surroundings for places

couple of seconds later,

was the headless corpse

mean, the eggs should be

bird knows that it

Then, Shang sighed.

been killed by a beast, and the academy

should continue. I hate having this death bird flying above my head the entire

this a smart

Probably not.

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

reason, Shang

edge of a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

terror, uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he had missed

What was this feeling?

it was

seem to be related to control

destiny was

be due to

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 still wouldn't get it as long as the manager

would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people

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

it taken

he

in this wilderness, everything was up

abilities were the only things that would decide his

Shang was confident

that

he wanted to prove

wanted to prove that he was

more dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he

didn't know all this. He only knew that he wanted to be in