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.

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

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

Stage, and Shang had guessed that this

beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure that

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

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

feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means that the Vanishing Snake needs to

it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as

a deep

Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should be on the same level. Yet, the Vanishing Snakes couldn't even

'I came here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this

go to the northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in the northeastern forest is

Shang weighed his options.

around now would waste a ton of time. I might as well hope that the green bird gets

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

with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel like it

eating

concentrated on his Darkness Vision

through the surroundings for

of seconds

headless corpse of a

should be in the belly at the back, not

like the bird knows that it can't eat the

Then, Shang sighed.

has obviously been killed by

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

a smart

Probably not.

humans would have turned around. After all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor that

reason, Shang enjoyed

a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

Shang a

What was this feeling?

it was

control? This didn't seem to be

destiny was

here, it would be due to his

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

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

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

it taken so

how he

everything

only things

Shang was confident in

that he

to prove

wanted to prove that he was in control

powerful he would feel

know all this. He only knew that he