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

here to hunt Pest Cats!'

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

at his

at himself. What the hell was he

at himself in his

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

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

CRK!

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

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

the middle of the jump, and the branches

BANG!

released a Fire Blast towards

BANG!

the ground hard, but his body was powerful enough to resist

could see the branches stab through the spot where he

Shang's

tree in front

a rope, and several dead branches were hanging out from the spiral. A couple of other branches have

example of the words chaos and rampant

BANG!

his back, shooting

react before Shang arrived directly in front of

on the tree's

CRK! CRK!

began to shrink rapidly as several branches fell off. It was

became filled with life energy, but the additional life

the silent but quick fluttering of

BANG!

Fire Blast again to charge towards the noise, and in

at 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 caught it

that's a Life Scarab, huh?' Shang

noticed several corpses lying on the ground. A couple of them

and even two Pest Cats in the