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.

to Warrior's Paradise, the Farm Line was not under any threat during the Day of Chaos. Sure, a lot of General Stage

danger whatsoever. It even extended to the fact

but profits blinded people. As long as they were careful not

fine with that?" Shang

Loran shouted back in fury. "Are you actually insane?! No sane person

Shang asked back evenly. "I've managed to grow this much by continually pushing myself again and again. If I don't keep pushing myself, my Martial Art will

Art is already equivalent to something someone at the Mid General Stage would be able to create after a full year of research! You're only at the Peak

playing with your life!" teacher Loran shouted. "At least let me make sure that nothing

that's the thing, teacher Loran," Shang said. "As long as you are nearby, my mind won't be fully focused on the battle. As long as

planning on killing a General Stage beast on your own, and not only that, no, you also forbid everyone from even watching your battle! From the very first day you arrived at the Academy, I

a crazy nutcase," Shang said with a frown. "If you're not fine with

looked like he was about to blow

"Then, there you go."

of silence passed as

and I have come to an agreement," teacher Loran said with

I didn't know that teacher Olga is also so close to you," Shang said, his tone not very respectful.

the Zones. She had

his eyes, frustration, anger, and unwillingness

someone that doesn't value

is. Just as expected

teacher Mervin are very idealistic, and they take their ideals way too seriously. Teacher Mervin is always going

'Righteousness, stability, conviction.'

not a mere killing tool but a weapon of judgment and righteousness. A sword should

of the sword

is always going on about morals and promises and being

I'm training in a way they don't like, but instead of giving me my own

they won't teach me anymore, which basically means that they won't allow me to join the special training class after I reach the General

24. I'm an adult. I can

Training in genuine life-threatening danger? What's the fucking

have a last safety net.

reason I want nobody watching is so that I can unleash all my power. If I keep

Loran only looked at the glaring

Shang said.

that supposed to

means that you can go ahead

future just so you can gamble with your life?!" he

nothing away," Shang countered with an annoyed tone. "I respect you and teacher Mervin for your power and knowledge. However, at