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?'

Shang suddenly

hunt Pest

the side of his head with his right hand. 'What the hell is wrong with me?! I'm here to break Javelin beaks! Why am I suddenly

teeth as he looked at his beast sack.

hell was

beaks!' he shouted at himself in his

beaks as he jumped from branch to branch, continually shoving the image of the bloodied face into

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

CRK!

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

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

the middle of the jump, and

BANG!

Blast towards the top, shooting

BANG!

his body was powerful enough to resist

the branches stab through the spot where he

Shang's

the tree in front of

branches were hanging out from the spiral. A couple of other branches have transformed into spears, mouths, claws,

a perfect example of the words chaos

BANG!

Blast towards his back, shooting him

tree couldn't even react before Shang arrived directly in front

nearly destroyed arm on the tree's trunk and used his

CRK! CRK!

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

left arm became filled with life energy, but the additional life energy quickly

heard the silent but

BANG!

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

at the thing in his right

violently moving around as its mandibles opened and closed several

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

huh?' Shang thought as he looked

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

cats, wolves, bears, and even two