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 shoot across his

see much

'A green bird, huh?'

of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

the Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that this might be a Spear Stork.

In fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the green

to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since he saw

an inkling as to why the green

only strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means that the Vanishing Snake needs to come out of hiding to

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

a deep

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

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

forest if the most

Shang weighed his options.

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

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

brows. 'Why do I feel

isn't eating the Vanishing

concentrated on his

the surroundings for places with

of seconds later,

corpse of a translucent

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

the bird knows that

Then, Shang sighed.

been killed by a beast,

I should continue. I hate having this death bird flying above my head the entire time, but it probably doesn't care about

a

Probably not.

huge unknown factor that could

reason, Shang

the edge of a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

mix of terror, uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he had missed inside the

What was this feeling?

but it was the feeling of

control? This didn't seem to be related to

meant that Shang's destiny was in his

out here, it would be due to his own

fate. If Shang were the

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

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

had it taken so

they see how he had won

this wilderness, everything

only things that would decide his

Shang was confident

knew that he

he wanted to prove that

prove that he

dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he

knew that he