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

been able to see much

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

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

prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since he

as to why the green

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

hide, which is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey, which gives the green bird an opening to

took a deep

is terrifying. 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

here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing

go to the northwestern forest if

Shang weighed his options.

in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might as

suddenly thought with widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that

it?' Shang thought with furrowed brows.

it isn't eating the Vanishing

his Darkness Vision

he searched through the surroundings for places with

seconds later, Shang

was the headless corpse of

mean, the eggs should be in the belly at

like the bird knows that

Then, Shang sighed.

It has obviously been killed by a beast, and the

above my head the entire

a

Probably not.

all, the green bird was a huge unknown

for some reason, Shang enjoyed

the edge of a cliff made Shang feel

He felt alive.

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

What was this feeling?

it was the

didn't seem to

destiny

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

external factors like on Earth. On Earth, other, higher-ranked people often decided one's fate. If Shang were the

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

known that he had had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had still taken

had it taken

he had

in this wilderness, everything was up

only things

Shang was confident

that he

wanted to

to prove that he was

more dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel after coming out

all this. He only knew that