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

to hunt Pest Cats!'

'What the hell is wrong with me?! I'm here to break Javelin beaks! Why am I suddenly focusing on

at his beast sack.

angry at himself. What the hell was he

at

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

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

CRK!

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

were shooting at Shang aggressively, their tips incredibly sharp.

of the jump,

BANG!

towards the top,

BANG!

his body was powerful enough

could see the branches stab through the spot where he had

then, Shang's eyes

towards the tree in front of

branches were hanging out from the spiral. A

of the words chaos and

BANG!

an Ice Blast towards his back, shooting him towards the

even react before Shang arrived directly in front

on the tree's trunk and used

CRK! CRK!

off. It was like the

the additional life energy quickly healed his

point, Shang heard the silent but quick

BANG!

noise, and in

thing in his right

moving around

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

a Life Scarab, huh?' Shang thought as he

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

and even