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.

barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a

much detail, but

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

due to the speed of the green bird, but

to see prominent features, and a long beak

an inkling as to why the

I can feel 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

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

hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this

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 its fill

eaten? Does that mean that the

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

eating the Vanishing

on his Darkness

he searched through the surroundings

couple of seconds later, Shang found

was the headless corpse of a

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

like the bird knows that it can't eat the

Then, Shang sighed.

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

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

a smart

Probably not.

After all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their

Shang enjoyed

edge of a cliff made

He felt alive.

a unique feeling that

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was the

This didn't seem to be

Shang's destiny was in his own

died out here, it would be due to

factors like on Earth. On 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

easily enough to succeed,

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

had it taken

how he had

in this wilderness, everything

only things

was confident in

that

to prove

prove that he was

dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful

this. He only knew