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.

thing move. He had barely looked in the direction of the Vanishing Snake

hadn't been able to see much detail,

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

had guessed that this might be a Spear

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

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

Shang also had an inkling as to why the green bird was following

I can feel the Vanishing Snake too, which probably means that the Vanishing Snake needs to come out of

can't see the Vanishing Snakes when they hide, which is why it follows me. The Vanishing Snakes see me as their prey, which gives the green

took a deep

are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should

Vanishing Snakes, but if this thing keeps killing them,

forest if the

Shang weighed his options.

Turning around now would waste a ton of time. I might as well hope that the green bird gets

multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird

with furrowed brows. 'Why do I feel like

eating the Vanishing

concentrated on his Darkness

searched through the surroundings for places with dense

couple of seconds later,

was the headless corpse of a

mean, the eggs should

knows that it can't eat

Then, Shang sighed.

I can't turn in that corpse. It has obviously been killed by a beast, and the academy

above my head the entire time, but it probably doesn't care about me.

a

Probably not.

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

Shang

a cliff made Shang feel

He felt alive.

terror, uncertainty, and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that he had missed inside the

What was this feeling?

but it

didn't seem to be related

that Shang's destiny was

be due to his own lack

Shang were the most

to succeed, but other people

Shang had still been a fighter, he had known that he had had the abilities

it

see how he had won every

this wilderness, everything was up to

the only things that would decide

confident

that he

he wanted to prove that

prove that he was in control of

dangerous his surroundings, the more powerful he would feel after coming

only knew that he wanted to be