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.

this 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

able to see much detail, but he had

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the mission he

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

hadn't seen any beak due to the speed

had 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, it meant

an inkling as to why the green bird

feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means that the Vanishing Snake needs to come out

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

a

general, and the green bird should be on the same level. Yet, the

this thing keeps killing them, I won't

well go to the northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in the northeastern forest is

Shang weighed his options.

in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might as

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

thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I

it isn't eating the Vanishing

his Darkness Vision

searched through the surroundings

couple of seconds

corpse of a translucent

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

bird knows that it can't

Then, Shang sighed.

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

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

a

Probably not.

was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their

reason, Shang enjoyed this

a cliff made

He felt alive.

brought Shang a unique feeling that he had missed inside

What was this feeling?

it was the feeling

This didn't seem to

destiny was

it would be due to

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

have been easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to take this chance

the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had still taken him

had it taken

see how he

wilderness, everything was up

things that would decide

Shang was confident

that he would

wanted to prove that to

he

more powerful he would feel

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