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.

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

been able to see much detail, but he had seen

'A green bird, huh?'

moment, Shang thought of the mission

'Capture a Spear Stork.'

that this might be a Spear Stork. That would explain its terrifying

due to the speed of the green bird, but Shang was

all, 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 been a prominent feature, but since he saw nothing, it meant

an inkling as to

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

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 to

a deep

really is terrifying. Vanishing Snakes are at the Late Soldier Stage in general, and the green bird should be

but if this thing keeps killing them, I won't be able

might as well go to the northwestern forest if the most

Shang weighed his options.

would waste a ton of time. I might as well

widened eyes. 'Aren't Vanishing Snakes multiplying by being eaten? Does that mean that the bird in the

Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Why

it isn't eating the

concentrated on his Darkness Vision

through the surroundings for places

couple of seconds later,

was the headless corpse of a translucent

only eating the heads? I mean, the eggs should be in the belly at the back, not in the

the bird knows that it can't eat the

Then, Shang sighed.

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

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

a smart

Probably not.

green bird was a huge unknown factor that could

some reason, Shang enjoyed

of a

He felt alive.

excitement brought Shang a

What was this feeling?

wasn't sure, but it was the

control? This didn't seem to be

meant that Shang's destiny was in

here, it would be due to his own

fate. If Shang were the most competent person for a job, he still wouldn't get it as long

easily enough to succeed, but other people had decided to

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

it

how he had won every

wilderness, everything was up

only things that would

was confident in

that he would

to prove that to

to prove that he was in control of

the more powerful he

He only knew that he wanted to be