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 stopped

not here to hunt

his head with his right hand. 'What the hell is wrong with me?!

he looked at his beast

the hell

he shouted at himself in his

himself that he came for Javelin beaks as he jumped from branch to

the next couple of minutes, Shang inspected every beast he could find. Many of them were unknown to Shang, but he also saw some

CRK!

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

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

the middle of the jump, and the branches would impale him

BANG!

a Fire Blast towards

BANG!

body was powerful enough to resist such

see the branches stab through the spot where he

then, Shang's eyes

the tree in

a rope, and several dead branches were hanging out from the spiral.

a perfect example of the words

BANG!

Blast towards his

react before Shang arrived directly in

on the tree's trunk and used his Darkness

CRK! CRK!

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

but the additional life energy quickly healed his arm, making

heard the silent but quick fluttering

BANG!

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

thing in

white bug, its legs violently moving around as its mandibles opened and closed

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

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

the ground. A couple of them were stacked

wolves, bears, and even two Pest