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

hunt

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

teeth as he looked at

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

he shouted at himself in

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

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

CRK!

was jumping from one tree to the next, he suddenly heard the sound of wood violently

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

jump, and the

BANG!

towards the

BANG!

but his body was powerful enough to resist

through the

then, Shang's

tree in

was twisted like a rope, and several dead branches were hanging out from the

of the words chaos and rampant

BANG!

his back, shooting

tree couldn't even react before Shang arrived directly in front

arm on the tree's trunk and used his

CRK! CRK!

branches fell off. It was like the tree had

but the additional life energy quickly healed his arm, making

heard the silent but quick fluttering of

BANG!

to charge towards the noise, and in an instant, he

thing in his right

legs violently moving

hand

huh?' Shang thought as he looked at

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

and