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.

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

to see much detail, but he

'A green bird, huh?'

of

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

reach the Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that this might be a

due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was

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

an inkling as to

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

is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see

a deep

and the green

to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing them, I

northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in the northeastern forest

Shang weighed his options.

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

brows.

it isn't eating the Vanishing

on his Darkness

he searched through the surroundings for places

of seconds later, Shang

the headless corpse of a translucent

the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the belly at the

the bird knows that

Then, Shang sighed.

has obviously been killed by a beast, and the academy won't accept such

head the entire time, but it probably doesn't care about me.

a

Probably not.

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

Shang enjoyed this feeling of

a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

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

What was this feeling?

sure, but it was the feeling

seem to be related to control

Shang's destiny was in his own

be

On Earth, other, higher-ranked people often decided one's fate. If Shang were

been easily enough to succeed, but

had still been a fighter, he had known that he had had the abilities to enter the

it taken

how he

wilderness, everything

abilities were the only things that would

was confident in his

that

to prove

wanted to prove that he was in control

dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel after

this. He only knew that