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.

this time, he had seen the thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake before he saw a green streak

much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

a moment, Shang thought of the mission he had

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

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

bird had a long beak, Shang would have seen it. He had only been able to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a

as to why the green bird was following

strikes when I can feel the Vanishing Snake

Vanishing Snakes when they hide, which is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey, which gives the green bird an opening

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 same level. Yet, the Vanishing Snakes couldn't even

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

if the most valuable prey

Shang weighed his options.

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

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

furrowed brows.

eating

on his Darkness

surroundings for places with dense

couple of seconds later, Shang found

the headless corpse of a

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

bird knows that it can't

Then, Shang sighed.

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

my head the entire time, but it probably

this a smart

Probably not.

green bird was a huge

reason, Shang

on the edge of a

He felt alive.

mix of terror, uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a

What was this feeling?

it was the

to

Shang's destiny was in

would be due to his own lack of

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 long

that situation, Shang's skills and abilities would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to take this

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

had it

he had won every

in this wilderness, everything was

only things that would

Shang was confident

that he

he wanted to

wanted to prove that he was in

the more powerful he would feel after coming out

know all this. He only knew