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.

had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a

been able to see much detail, but he had seen

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

guessed that this

beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure that it wasn't a

have seen it. He had only been able to see prominent features, and

Shang also had an inkling as

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

me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey, which gives the green bird an

a

are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green

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

well go to the northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in

Shang weighed his options.

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

eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky is already at death's

Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I

eating the

his

through the surroundings for

of seconds later,

headless corpse of a translucent

should be in the belly at the back,

knows that it can't

Then, Shang sighed.

that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a beast, and the academy won't accept such a

death bird flying above my head the entire time, but it probably doesn't care about

this a smart

Probably not.

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

He felt alive.

excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he had missed inside the

What was this feeling?

it was the

didn't seem to be related to

that Shang's destiny was

be due to his

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

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

still been a fighter, he had known that he had had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had

it taken

how he had won every

everything was

the only things that would

Shang was confident

knew that

to prove that

he was in control of his

more dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel after coming

He only knew that he wanted to