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.

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

been able to see much

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

Storks could reach the Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that this might be a Spear Stork. That would explain its

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

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

also had an inkling as to

using me as bait to catch Vanishing Snakes,' Shang thought. 'It only strikes when I can feel the Vanishing

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

a deep

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

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

northwestern forest if the most

Shang weighed his options.

around now would waste a ton of time. I might

thought with widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten?

it?' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Why

isn't eating the

on his Darkness

he searched through the surroundings for

of seconds

the headless corpse of a

it only eating the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the belly at the back, not in the

bird knows that it can't eat the entire

Then, Shang sighed.

I can't turn in that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a beast, and the academy won't

my head the

this a smart

Probably not.

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

Shang enjoyed

a

He felt alive.

and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling

What was this feeling?

but it was the feeling

seem to be

that Shang's destiny

would be

people often decided one's fate. If Shang were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get it

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

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

it taken so

how he had won every

everything

things that

Shang was confident in his

knew that he would

he wanted to prove that to

that he

more powerful he would feel after coming

only knew that he wanted to be