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

is wrong with me?! I'm here to

his teeth as he looked at

frustrated and angry at himself. What the hell

he shouted at

Javelin beaks as he jumped from branch to

couple of minutes, Shang inspected every beast he could find. Many of them were unknown to Shang, but he also saw some familiar ones. He didn't know their names, but he had seen

CRK!

of wood violently creaking. Shang's eyes widened as he looked toward the tree

were shooting at Shang aggressively, their tips incredibly sharp. It was like

of the jump, and the branches would impale

BANG!

Blast towards the top,

BANG!

but his body was

through the spot where

then, Shang's

looked towards the tree in front

It was twisted like a rope, and several dead branches were hanging out from the spiral. A

was a perfect example of the words

BANG!

towards his back, shooting

before Shang arrived directly in

the tree's trunk and used his Darkness

CRK! CRK!

fell off. It was like the tree had aged by thousands of years in an

life energy, but the additional

Shang heard the silent but quick fluttering of

BANG!

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

the thing in his right

was a white bug, its legs violently moving around as its

weapons could touch Shang's hand

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

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

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