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.

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

to see much

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

and Shang had guessed that this

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

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 since he saw nothing, it meant this thing

had an inkling as to why the green

catch Vanishing Snakes,' Shang thought. 'It only strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means

is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes

took a

and the green

this thing keeps killing them, I

well go to the northwestern 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

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

brows. 'Why do I feel like

eating the

his Darkness Vision

searched through the surroundings

couple of seconds later,

corpse of a

should be in

like the bird knows that it can't eat the

Then, Shang sighed.

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

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

a smart

Probably not.

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

some reason, Shang enjoyed this

on the edge of a cliff made

He felt alive.

a unique feeling

What was this feeling?

but it was the feeling of

seem to be related to control at

Shang's destiny was in his

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

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 didn't

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

he had had the abilities to enter

had it taken so

they see how he had won every

in this wilderness, everything

things that

Shang was confident in

knew that he would

wanted to prove that

prove that he was in control

surroundings, the more powerful

only knew that he wanted to be