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.

looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a green streak shoot across his

see much detail, but he had

'A green bird, huh?'

Shang thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

could reach the Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that

beak due to the speed of the green bird, but

it. He had only been able to see prominent features, and a long beak

event, Shang also had an inkling as

Shang thought. 'It only strikes when I can feel the

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

took a deep

and the green bird should be on the same level.

if this thing keeps

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

Shang weighed his options.

of time. I might as well hope

eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that

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

eating

his Darkness

searched through the surroundings for places with

of seconds

the headless corpse of

eating the heads? I mean, the eggs should

that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

in that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a

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

a

Probably not.

turned around. After all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their lives. It was too risky to

Shang enjoyed this

a cliff made Shang feel

He felt alive.

uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling

What was this feeling?

sure, but it was the

to be related to control

meant that Shang's destiny was in

died out here, it would be due to

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

enough to

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

had it taken so

he

in this wilderness, everything

were the only things that would decide

Shang was confident

knew that he would

he wanted to prove

wanted to prove that he

dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel

only knew that he wanted to