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 green streak shoot across his

much

'A green bird, huh?'

of

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

In fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the green bird,

able to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent

an inkling as

strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too,

green bird can't see the Vanishing Snakes when they hide, which is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their

a deep

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

Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps

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

Shang weighed his options.

I'm already too far 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 Vanishing Snakes

multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky is

brows. 'Why

it isn't eating

his Darkness

the surroundings for

couple of seconds

headless corpse of a translucent

heads? I mean, the eggs should be in

the bird knows that it can't

Then, Shang sighed.

has obviously been killed by a beast, and the academy

I hate having this death bird flying above my head

this a smart

Probably not.

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

reason, Shang

of a cliff

He felt alive.

uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that

What was this feeling?

it was

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

that Shang's destiny was in

would be due

If Shang were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get

situation, Shang's skills and abilities would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to take this chance away from

that he had had the abilities to enter the MNFA.

it taken so

they see how he

wilderness, everything was

things that would decide his

Shang was confident in

that

wanted to prove that

wanted to prove that he was

more dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful

knew that