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

hadn't been able to see much detail, but

'A green bird, huh?'

of

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

hadn't seen a long beak. In fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed

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

inkling as to why

the Vanishing

can't see the Vanishing Snakes when they hide, which is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey, which gives the

took a deep

are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should be on the same level. Yet, the Vanishing

bad,' Shang thought. 'I came here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing

the northwestern forest if

Shang weighed his options.

of time. I might as well hope that the

with widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten?

brows. 'Why do I feel like

eating the Vanishing

concentrated on his Darkness Vision

he searched through the surroundings for

couple of seconds later,

headless corpse of a

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

that it can't eat the

Then, Shang sighed.

has obviously been killed

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.

bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their lives. It was

Shang enjoyed this feeling of

edge of a cliff

He felt alive.

mix of terror, uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling

What was this feeling?

sure, but it was the feeling of

to be related

Shang's destiny was in

died out here, it would be due to his own

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

would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to

had still been a fighter, he had known that he had had the abilities

it taken

he

wilderness, everything was up

abilities were the only things that would decide

confident

knew that he would

wanted to

that he was in control of his

the more powerful he would feel after coming

knew that