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.

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

much detail, but he had seen green

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of the

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

reach the Commander Stage, and Shang had guessed that this might be a Spear Stork. That would explain

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

see prominent features, and a long beak would have been a prominent feature, but since he saw nothing, it meant this thing didn't have a long

had an inkling as to why the green bird was

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

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

took a deep

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

but if this thing keeps

the northwestern forest if the most valuable prey in the northeastern

Shang weighed his options.

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

multiplying by being eaten?

brows. 'Why do I feel

isn't eating the

concentrated on his

surroundings for places with dense

of seconds later, Shang found

corpse of a translucent

it only eating the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the belly at the back,

that it can't eat the entire

Then, Shang sighed.

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

should continue. I hate having this death bird flying above my head the entire time, but it probably doesn't care about me.

a

Probably not.

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

some reason, Shang enjoyed this

edge of a cliff

He felt alive.

and excitement brought Shang a unique feeling that

What was this feeling?

sure, but it was the

didn't seem to be related to control

that Shang's destiny was in his own

it would be due

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,

situation, Shang's skills and abilities would have been easily enough to succeed, but other people

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

it taken so

they see how he had won every

everything

abilities were the only things that would

was confident in his

that

wanted to prove

that he

powerful he would feel after coming out

He only knew that