Sword God in a World of Magic

Silence.

Shang was waiting in silence along with several other warriors.

Some of the hunters knew Shang since he had visited the Hunting Guild several times by now.

After a full year, Shang had grown by quite a bit. By now, he had reached 180cm, the average height of men in the western hemisphere on Earth. Of course, Shang wasn't fully done growing, but he also wouldn't grow by much more anymore.

Shang guessed that he would essentially end up just a bit below 190cm in a year or two.

Sword had also grown. Since Shang had grown by a bit, Sword had decided to elongate as well so that Shang wouldn't need to change his fighting style.

According to what Sword had said, it could change its size by a little bit, but it needed new ore every time. On top of that, the ore had to be higher ranked than what it was currently made out of.

Over the last year, Shang had earned a lot of money, which he had used to upgrade Sword to the Late General Stage. He was still missing a lot of money before he could attempt to upgrade Sword to another level since the prices started to skyrocket at the Peak General Stage.

All of the hunters around Shang were in the General Stage, making Shang an oddity amongst their ranks.

Originally, a couple of hunters complained since they saw Shang as a liability, but the words of a couple of teachers shut them up.

Since many teachers specialized in politics or killing other humans, they didn't join the defense of Warrior's Paradise. In order to defend Warrior's Paradise, one had to be confident in taking down Commander Stage beasts, which was very different from fighting other warriors at the Commander Stage.

Because of that, sadly, most of the teachers weren't powerful enough to be a good help in the defense.

However, here, they were a great help!

So what if they weren't great hunters? The beasts were literally an entire Stage below them.

Of course, the teachers mostly acted as a last line of defense and would only get involved if a beast managed to slip past the wall of hunters.

There were also a couple of Adepts in the mix, but they would act as a secondary line of defense.

The hunters would constantly fight.

The Adepts would kill the beasts that slipped past the hunters.

The teachers would kill the beasts that slipped past the Adepts.

Why was the defense structured in this way?

By the hunters' choice.

was not under any threat during the Day of Chaos. Sure, a lot of

Line wasn't in any danger

survive the entire brunt of the wave, but profits blinded people. As long as they were careful

you are fine with that?"

back in fury. "Are

this powerful?" Shang asked back evenly. "I've managed to grow this much by continually pushing myself again and again. If I don't

Stage would be able to create after a

are actively playing with your life!" teacher Loran shouted. "At least let

be fully focused on the battle. As long as you are watching me, I will never feel in danger. If I don't get pushed to the limit,

shouted. "You are planning on killing a General Stage beast on your own, and not only that, no, you also forbid everyone

nutcase," Shang said with a frown. "If you're not fine with my arrangements, go talk to

blow up. "You

"Then, there you go."

silence passed as teacher

have come to an agreement," teacher Loran said with a quiet but

also so close to you," Shang said, his tone not very respectful. That was because

was the teacher that taught general knowledge about the Zones. She had offered her quota to Shang this

narrowed his eyes, frustration,

the agreement that we won't teach someone that doesn't value their own life," teacher

it is. Just as

Loran and teacher Mervin are very idealistic, and they take their ideals way too

'Righteousness, stability, conviction.'

tool but a weapon of judgment and righteousness.

respect of

and promises

here we have it. I'm training in a way they don't like, but instead of giving me my own choice, they want to

threaten me. Telling me that they won't teach me anymore, which basically means that they won't allow me to

an adult.

genuine life-threatening danger? What's the fucking point? There are risks

a last safety net.

that I can unleash all my power. If I keep fighting openly,

the glaring Shang

not an idealist," Shang said. "I do what

supposed to mean?" teacher Loran

means that you can go ahead with

rage exploded. "You are willing to throw away your entire future

and teacher Mervin for your power and knowledge. However, at the end of the day, this is still my life. I get to decide what I