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

hunt Pest Cats!'

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

gritted his teeth as he looked at

at himself. What the hell was he doing?! Why was he suddenly

beaks!' he shouted at himself in his

he jumped from branch to branch, continually shoving the image of the

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

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

was in the middle of the jump, and the branches would

BANG!

towards the

BANG!

hard, but his body was powerful enough to resist

the branches stab through the spot where he had just

then, Shang's

tree

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

a perfect example of the words chaos and

BANG!

towards his back, shooting him

couldn't even react before Shang arrived directly in front

on the tree's trunk and used

CRK! CRK!

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

arm became filled with life energy, but the additional life

Shang heard the silent but quick fluttering of insect

BANG!

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

the thing in his right

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

touch Shang's hand since he had perfectly

Life Scarab, huh?' Shang thought as

couple of

and even two