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

much detail,

'A green bird, huh?'

thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

had guessed that this might be a Spear

fact, he hadn't seen any beak due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was sure that it

had only been able to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since

had an inkling as to why the

feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably

me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey,

took a

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

Shang thought. 'I came here to hunt Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing them, I won't be able to

well go to the northwestern forest if the most valuable prey

Shang weighed his options.

a ton of time. I might as well hope that the green bird gets its

eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the sky is

with furrowed brows. 'Why do I

isn't eating the Vanishing

his

through the surroundings for places

of seconds

headless corpse of a translucent

the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the

like the bird knows that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

obviously been killed by a beast,

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

this a smart

Probably not.

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

Shang enjoyed

of a cliff made

He felt alive.

excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he

What was this feeling?

sure, but it was

control? This didn't seem to

Shang's destiny was in his

here, it would be

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

easily enough to succeed, but other people had

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

it

see how he

this wilderness, everything was up

the only things that would decide his

confident

that

wanted to prove

to prove that he was in control of

the more powerful he would feel

didn't know all this. He only knew that he