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.

move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing

see much detail, but he

'A green bird, huh?'

thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

Storks could reach the Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that

beak. In fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure that it wasn't a Spear

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

as to why the

using me as bait to catch Vanishing Snakes,' Shang thought. 'It only strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means that the Vanishing Snake needs to come

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

a deep

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

came here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing them, I won't

the northwestern forest if

Shang weighed his options.

Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might as

'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky

with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel

isn't eating the

concentrated on his Darkness Vision

surroundings for places with dense

seconds

headless corpse of a

it only eating the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the

that it can't

Then, Shang sighed.

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

this death bird flying above my head the entire time, but

this a

Probably not.

a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their lives. It was too risky to

some reason, Shang enjoyed

of a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

Shang a unique feeling that he

What was this feeling?

but it was the feeling of

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

destiny

died out here, it would be

Earth, other, higher-ranked people often decided one's fate. If Shang were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get it as long as the manager didn't

abilities would have been easily enough to succeed, but

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

had it

how he had won

in this wilderness, everything was up to

the only things that would

confident in

knew that he

wanted to

that he was in control of his

surroundings, the more powerful he would feel

didn't know all this. He only knew that he