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

able to see much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

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

a long beak, Shang would have seen it. He had only been able to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since he saw nothing,

this event, Shang also had an inkling as to why the

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

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

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

Snakes, but if this thing

might as well go to the northwestern forest if the most valuable prey

Shang weighed his options.

a ton of time. I might as well hope that the green bird gets its

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

Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel like it

it isn't eating the

his Darkness

the surroundings for places with

seconds

corpse of

I mean, the eggs should be

bird knows that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

corpse. It has obviously been killed by a beast, and the

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

this a smart

Probably not.

bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially

some reason, Shang enjoyed

of a cliff

He felt alive.

excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he

What was this feeling?

sure, but it was the feeling

seem to

meant that Shang's destiny was

would be due to his own

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

to succeed, but other people had decided to take this chance

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

had it

see how he had won

wilderness, everything was

were the only things that would decide

confident in his

knew that he

wanted to prove

he was in control of

powerful he would feel after coming

know all this. He only knew that he wanted to be in