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 the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a green streak

able to see much

'A green bird, huh?'

thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure

to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since he saw nothing, it

as to why the green

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

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

took a deep

the green bird really is terrifying. Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should be on the

this thing keeps killing them, I won't be able to

if the most

Shang weighed his options.

now would waste a ton of time. I might as well hope that

by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky is already

furrowed brows.

eating the

on his Darkness

surroundings

seconds later,

headless corpse of a translucent

heads? I mean, the eggs should be in

bird knows that it can't eat the entire

Then, Shang sighed.

can't turn in that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a

my head the entire time, but it probably

a smart

Probably not.

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

some reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling of

the edge of a

He felt alive.

brought Shang a unique feeling

What was this feeling?

it was the feeling of

This didn't seem to

that Shang's destiny was

here, it would be due

decided one's fate. If Shang were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get it as long as

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

when Shang had still been a fighter, he had known that he had had the abilities to

had it

see how he had

in this wilderness, everything was up to

the only things that would

confident

knew that he would

to

prove that he

more powerful he would

He only knew that he