Sword God in a World of Magic

"Yes," Shang answered. "What kind of beast is that green eagle? It was in the Late Soldier Stage, but it was able to damage a General Stage beast to this degree with only a single attack."

"First, I want to know what happened to the green eagle," the teacher ordered. "Don't omit any detail."

Shang frowned, but he complied. "The green eagle was the one that found the snake. I can feel the approach of the weaker variants, but I hadn't felt the approach of this one."

"The eagle attacked, but it failed in its assault and released that powerful attack before retreating," Shang said as he pointed at the three gashes. "I decided that this is the best opportunity to earn some money and combat experience, which is why I attacked the snake."

"Near the end of the fight, the green eagle returned and severed the tail. After that, I killed the snake. I saw that the green eagle was a huge threat to my safety, which is why I didn't want to fight over the corpse with it. However, funnily enough, it just let the corpse lay there and ate the tail instead."

"I haven't seen it since."

The teacher looked into Shang's eyes for a while, trying to make sure that Shang wasn't lying.

Then, she nodded. "Everything you said makes sense."

The teacher stood up and stepped away from the corpse, looking at Shang. "It's good that you didn't attack it."

"What kind of beast is it?" Shang asked.

"Progeny of the Storm Eagle," she answered.

"The… Storm Eagle?" Shang asked in shock.

The Storm Eagle!?

The very beast that had this Zone named after it?

The very beast that could kill all the humans if it wanted to?

The teacher nodded. "Its young keep flying around in this area. It has a couple of them, and you met the youngest. Luckily for us, they don't attack humans."

also are forbidden from attacking them. The last time a

in the

Paradise. There have been a couple of them before, but as you can guess, when the Storm Eagle got angry,

a

to kill the green

Storm Eagle's young's whereabouts," the teacher

he

The Storm Eagle's young.

and

that Shang knew of, which meant that it was already

realized with hard work and discipline. The young eagle had shown hard work by attacking a General Stage beast, and it had shown discipline by not consuming something it

was already a prodigy beyond compare, but on top of that,

was a perfect

then, Shang

the tail," Shang said.

the end of the corpse.

made Shang release a sigh

the teacher ordered. "We need to document where the adult ones

recounted his journey up to where he had found the

was done, the teacher combed her long black hair with her fingers, her

eyes. "Why did you decide to go that far into the northeastern forest? Was your goal a General Stage beast from the very

answered. "If I had known that a General Stage Vanishing Snake could appear there, I wouldn't have gone there. If the green eagle hadn't been there, I would have

brows, but then she noticed something. "I

only joined a couple of days ago, and I have

One wilderness, but that doesn't mean that you can't find the occasionally General

Snake, Poison Toad, Ancient Slug, and Mud Pangolin. Not only will they most likely kill you, but the latter two are even on the

Forest, don't go further than the spot where you found the Vanishing Snake. That spot should be your cutoff point for the

point onward, you can draw a straight line north until the end. Everything east of that is dangerous territory, while everything left

a map. Then, she drew a line through the map, starting at the bottom left corner and ending in the middle of the top, separating