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?'

then, Shang suddenly stopped in

hunt Pest Cats!' Shang

with his right hand. 'What the hell is wrong with me?! I'm here

teeth as he looked at

at himself. What the hell was he doing?!

shouted at himself

as he jumped from branch to branch, continually shoving the image

find. Many of them were unknown to Shang, but he also saw some familiar ones. He didn't

CRK!

tree to the next, he suddenly heard the sound of wood violently creaking. Shang's

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

jump, and the branches would impale

BANG!

towards

BANG!

ground hard, but his body was

through the spot where he had just

then, Shang's eyes

the tree in front

was an abomination of a tree. It was twisted like a rope, and several dead branches were hanging out from

a perfect example of

BANG!

Blast towards his back, shooting him towards the

Shang arrived directly in front

on the tree's trunk and used his Darkness

CRK! CRK!

shrink rapidly as several branches fell off. It was like the tree had aged by

became filled with life energy, but the additional

Shang heard the silent

BANG!

again to charge towards the noise, and in an instant, he caught up, catching

the thing in his

moving

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

a Life Scarab, huh?' Shang thought as he looked

of them were stacked around the

could see cats, wolves, bears, and even two Pest Cats in