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 the Vanishing Snake before he saw a green streak

been able to see much

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

Stage, and Shang had guessed that this might be

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

long beak, Shang would have seen it. He had only been able to see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since he saw nothing,

Shang also had an inkling as to

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

is why it follows me. The

took a deep

Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should be on the same

but if this thing keeps

forest if the

Shang weighed his options.

far in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of

Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in

thought with furrowed brows.

eating the

on his

the surroundings for

of seconds later,

was the headless corpse of a translucent

I mean, the eggs should be in the belly at the back,

bird knows that it can't eat the entire

Then, Shang sighed.

corpse. It has obviously been killed

this death bird flying above my head

a

Probably not.

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

some reason, Shang enjoyed this feeling

of a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

brought Shang a unique feeling that he

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was the feeling

control? This didn't seem to be related to

destiny was

be due to his own lack of

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

been easily enough to

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

it

he had won

wilderness, everything was up

things that would

was confident in

knew that he would

he wanted to prove that

he was

his surroundings, the more powerful he

knew that he wanted to be