Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang jumped onto the first tree in the northwestern forest as always. Running on the ground was dangerous.

As Shang jumped from tree to tree, he noticed that he felt uncomfortable.

Why?

Because Shang was usually hunting at night, and at night, he could somewhat feel his surroundings thanks to his Darkness Affinity.

However, during the day, Light and Darkness Mana were mixed inside the forest. After all, even during the day, a thick forest was not very bright.

There was not enough Light Mana nor Darkness Mana to scout the surroundings.

Shang hadn't noticed until now how much he had relied on his Darkness Vision.

Nevertheless, Shang didn't intend to cancel his mission. He wanted to get the Fire ore as soon as possible.

In his mind, he had already wasted two weeks by not being able to practice his techniques due to his weak weapon. Every additional day felt like another wasted day.

Since Shang was now alone without any distractions, he saw the bloodied face return again.

It didn't appear in the surroundings like some specter, but the image that had been burned into Shang's mind simply replaced his vision time and time again for a short instant.

Shang pushed the image away again and again, telling himself that he was under control.

Sadly, it always came back.

'I didn't make a mistake.'

'Empathy is weakness in this world.'

'I can't be light on my enemies.'

Absentmindedly, Shang inspected his surroundings.

When he saw a Pest Cat, he killed it, but since it was during the day, he couldn't find many of them. He found most of them by following traces and entering their nests.

After an hour, Shang had already killed 20 Pest Cats. One of their nests had had young in them, which had given him another twelve.

'I should have hunted during the night. It's difficult to find Pest Cats during the day. Why did I decide to hunt in the middle of the day?'

suddenly

to hunt Pest

hand. 'What the hell is wrong with me?!

his teeth as he looked at his beast sack. 'That's one hour

What the hell was he doing?! Why

shouted at himself

he jumped from branch to branch, continually shoving

to Shang, but he also saw some familiar ones. He didn't know their

CRK!

jumping from one tree to the next, he suddenly heard the sound of wood violently creaking. Shang's eyes widened as he looked toward the tree he was jumping

Shang aggressively, their tips incredibly sharp. It was like Shang was being attacked

jump, and

BANG!

a Fire Blast towards the top, shooting

BANG!

ground hard, but his body was powerful enough to resist

see the branches stab through

then, Shang's eyes

looked towards the tree in front of

twisted like a rope, and several dead branches were hanging out

perfect example of

BANG!

towards his back, shooting

react before Shang arrived

nearly destroyed arm on the

CRK! CRK!

branches fell off. It was like the tree had aged by thousands of

energy, but the additional life energy quickly healed his arm, making everything

heard the silent but quick fluttering of

BANG!

his Fire Blast again to charge towards the noise, and in an instant, he caught

thing in his

white bug, its legs violently moving around as its mandibles opened and

of its weapons could touch Shang's hand since he had perfectly caught it

Life Scarab, huh?' Shang thought as he looked

area and noticed several corpses lying on the ground. A couple of them were stacked around the tree itself, but many others

wolves, bears, and even two Pest Cats in the