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 seen the thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of

to see much detail,

'A green bird, huh?'

of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

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

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

if the green 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

had an inkling as

feel the

is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see

a

and the green bird

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

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

Shang weighed his options.

it. I'm already too far in the northeastern forest. Turning around now would waste a ton of time.

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

thought with furrowed brows.

isn't eating the Vanishing

concentrated on his

searched through the surroundings for

of seconds later,

corpse

mean, the eggs should

like the bird knows that it can't eat the entire

Then, Shang sighed.

killed by a beast, and the academy

I should continue. I hate having this death bird flying above my head the entire time, but

this a smart

Probably not.

huge unknown factor that could potentially end their lives.

reason, Shang

the edge of a cliff made Shang

He felt alive.

excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he

What was this feeling?

it was the

to be related

that Shang's destiny was in his

be due to his own lack

factors like 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

have been easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to take this chance away from

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

it taken so

see how he

wilderness, everything was up

were the only things that

Shang was confident in

knew that

wanted to prove that

to prove that he was in

dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would

this. He only knew that