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?! I'm here to break Javelin beaks! Why am I suddenly focusing on

his teeth as he looked at his

frustrated and angry at himself. What the hell was he

he shouted at himself

branch to branch,

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!

sound of wood violently creaking. Shang's

Shang aggressively, their tips incredibly sharp.

the jump, and the branches would impale

BANG!

a Fire Blast towards the top, shooting him

BANG!

body was

the branches stab through the spot where he had

then, Shang's

tree

and several dead branches were hanging out from the spiral.

tree was a perfect example of the words

BANG!

unleashed an Ice Blast towards his back, shooting him towards the

tree couldn't even react before Shang arrived directly

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

CRK! CRK!

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

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

Shang heard the silent but quick fluttering

BANG!

to charge towards the noise, and in an instant,

looked at the thing

moving around as

could touch Shang's hand since he had perfectly

Life Scarab, huh?' Shang thought as

couple of them were stacked around the tree itself, but many others were simply lying around

could see cats, wolves, bears, and