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

able to see much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

Shang hadn't seen a long 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

been able to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature,

as to why the green

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

Snakes when they hide, which is why it follows me. The Vanishing

took a

bird really is terrifying. Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should

Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing them, I won't be able to kill any

as well go to the northwestern forest if the most valuable

Shang weighed his options.

too far in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might as well hope that the green bird gets its fill of Vanishing Snakes

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

brows. 'Why

isn't eating

concentrated on his

through the surroundings for places

of seconds later, Shang

headless corpse of a translucent

the eggs should be in the belly at the back, not

bird knows that

Then, Shang sighed.

in that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a

my head

this a

Probably not.

was a huge unknown factor that could potentially

reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling of

of a cliff made

He felt alive.

excitement brought Shang a unique

What was this feeling?

sure, but it was

seem to be related to control

destiny was

here, it would be due to his own lack of

fate. If Shang were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get it

Shang's skills and abilities would have been easily enough to succeed, but

the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it

had it taken so

how he had won every

in this wilderness, everything was up to

the only things that would decide his

confident

that

wanted to prove that to

that he was in control

the more powerful he would feel

He only knew that he wanted to