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.

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

hadn't been able to see much

'A green bird, huh?'

of the mission he

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

guessed that this might be a Spear Stork. That would explain its

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

to see prominent features, and a long beak

this event, Shang also had an inkling as to why the green bird was

Snakes,' Shang thought. 'It only strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which

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

a

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

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

if the most valuable prey in the

Shang weighed his options.

of

multiplying by being eaten? Does that

thought with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel

isn't eating the

concentrated on his

searched through the surroundings for places with dense

of seconds later,

the headless corpse of a

the eggs should be in the belly at the back, not in

the bird knows that it can't eat the

Then, Shang sighed.

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

having this death bird flying above my head the entire time, but

a

Probably not.

would have turned around. After all, the green bird was a huge unknown factor that could potentially end their

for some reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling of

on the edge of a

He felt alive.

excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was the feeling of

to be related to

meant that Shang's destiny was

it would be

other, higher-ranked people often decided one's fate. If Shang were

situation, Shang's skills and abilities would have been easily enough to succeed,

that he had had the abilities to enter the MNFA. However, it had still taken him another year

it taken

see how he had

this wilderness, everything was up

only things that

Shang was confident in

knew that he

wanted to prove

he was

more powerful he

didn't know all this. He only knew that