Sword God in a World of Magic

The snake wasn't that big. Sure, it weighed a couple hundred kilograms, but Shang could pull that weight with relative ease. It was still annoying, and it definitely slowed him down, but Shang didn't need to constantly take breaks.

Luckily, the beast sacks were made to handle such weight and even more. They were way better than the shitty garbage bags on Earth.

When Shang put the corpse away, he decided to go to the north.

Why?

Because he had already met a General Stage beast.

Since Shang had always gone towards the northeast, he couldn't be close to the Wasteland, which meant that the General Stage beast didn't come from there. Obviously, it came from the Empress Cobra Zone.

So, instead of directly traveling towards the Empress Cobra Zone, Shang decided to go directly north, towards the border of the Empress Cobra Zone and the Ice Wyvern Zone. Different kinds of elemental Mana were mixing on the border, making the area less interesting to more powerful beasts. Powerful beasts preferred Mana that had their Affinity.

Shang had the corpse of a General Stage Vanishing Snake, but he doubted that this corpse would last him forever.

He obviously needed more Contribution Points, and since he was already here, he decided to continue hunting.

He wouldn't waste any time this night.

After Shang had traveled for five minutes, he noticed that the green eagle was no longer following him. Apparently, it had had its fill, and it was no longer interested in using Shang as bait for Vanishing Snakes.

Jumping from tree to tree became harder with the added weight, and Shang definitely made more noise than before, but he could still hunt.

Shang had the speed advantage over nearly every other beast, and when he saw one, he simply dropped the beast sack to charge after it.

Since night had finally arrived, Shang found way more Pest Cats.

In fact, Shang found one nearly every three minutes, which was crazy in his mind.

'No wonder they're called Pest Cats. They are literally everywhere!'

Of course, it was mainly thanks to Shang's Darkness Affinity that he was able to find all these Pest Cats. Pest Cats moved very stealthily in the night, and they were great at hiding.

However, since they all attracted Darkness Mana, Shang could find them rather easily.

he saw fewer and fewer Swamp Millipedes but more and

but he didn't

But why?

surroundings into swamps, right? So, why would they enter the Wild Forest in the Storm

reason was the Ice

water, right? The Poison Affinity was made of the Darkness and Water Affinities. Why would the Poison Affinity

Because of conversion.

or Affinity, one didn't necessarily need

ice, it would most likely turn to ice. If a small piece of ice were thrown into a bucket of water, it would most likely turn to

the density of Water Mana at the border between the Empress

Eagle Zone didn't really interact with the Water or Darkness Mana from the Empress Cobra Zone. These kinds of Mana could

the Storm Eagle Zone

Shang didn't know that. In his trip towards the north, he also wanted to hunt Swamp Millipedes, but he would be doomed to not find another one for the remainder

of Pest Cats. Every single one of them was still

two ears and went back to his beast sack when

CLINK!

the side out of reflex, and he felt something

Shang's heart nearly

Vanishing Snake had attacked

had evaded with incredible speed and reflexes, but the snake had also been very quick. Because of that, its teeth had scratched Shang's

instant, Shang felt

quickly recovered, gritted his teeth,

SHING!

as Shang released all his terror, shock, and

roof as he felt that he had

thought in terror as cold

the academy could block a Mid Soldier Stage attack at the

Vanishing Snake had been at

uniform wouldn't have provided much protection, but since Shang had managed to jump to the side, the snake's teeth had only barely scratched it. Because of that, his uniform had

be dead if that incident had

Shang only tried to come to terms with what had

'I nearly died.'