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.

Shang had been prepared this time, he had seen the thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing

been able to see much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

that this might be a Spear

hadn't seen a long beak. In fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang

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

an inkling as to

bait to catch Vanishing Snakes,' Shang thought. 'It only strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means that the Vanishing Snake needs to come out of hiding to

they hide, which is why it follows me.

took a

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

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

if the most valuable prey in the northeastern forest is

Shang weighed his options.

it. I'm already too far in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might as well hope that the green bird

'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird

with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel like it

isn't eating the

his

he searched through the surroundings for places

couple of seconds later, Shang

headless corpse of

heads? I mean, the eggs should be

knows that

Then, Shang sighed.

It has obviously been killed

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

this a smart

Probably not.

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

for some reason, Shang

edge of a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

Shang a unique feeling that he

What was this feeling?

it was

didn't seem to be related

destiny was in

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 wouldn't get

and abilities would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to take this

had still been a fighter, he had known that he had had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had still taken him another year to prove himself

had it

see how he had won

wilderness, everything was up to

only things that would decide his

Shang was confident

knew that

he wanted to

wanted to prove that he was in control of his

surroundings, the more powerful he would feel

this. He only knew