Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang reached the Trash Bird very quickly again and unleashed another strike.

The Trash Bird threw another clump of earth at Shang's face, which he managed to block this time by closing his eyes for an instant.

Shang felt his sword hit part of the Trash Bird's thigh, but he sadly couldn't hear the satisfying sound of his opponent getting injured this time due to his hearing loss.

The Trash Bird stopped its shouting again and jumped forward, blood flowing down its right leg.

Shang recovered from the strike and shot towards the Trash Bird again. Shang's Mana had been used up healing his left arm, which meant that his hearing wouldn't recover for at least several seconds.

The Trash Bird and Shang reached a small clearing with a twenty-meter-tall and ten-meter-wide rock in the middle of it.

The Trash Bird's steps became uncertain with its injured leg, and it slowed down by a lot.

Then, when it saw the rock in front of it, it realized that fleeing wouldn't work. If everything continued as it had been for the last seconds, it would eventually die.

The Trash Bird suddenly stopped in front of the rock and faced Shang, who was charging at it.

It opened its mouth again and unleashed its soundwave again.

Luckily, Shang was currently deaf, but his mind still shook from the soundwaves.

The Trash Bird lifted its left foot and stabbed forward with it. Its strike was surprisingly fast.

Shang had to cancel his attack since he hadn't known that the Trash Bird's attack would be so fast. He had read about it, but he had actually never fought one.

Instead of striking the Trash Bird's body, he tried to hit the leg.

However, the leg pulled back with just as much speed, and Shang's strike missed.

Then, the Trash Bird jumped forward by using its injured leg.

The Trash Bird didn't just simply pull its leg back into a passive stance but into another aggressive one.

As the Trash Bird jumped forward, it unleashed another stab with its left leg.

Shang's sword was currently lowered, which meant that it wouldn't be able to block.

Well, that would be true if this were the Shang from a year ago.

Out of reflex, Shang took a step back as his entire power was focused on his sword.

And then, he slashed upward with all his power.

BANG!

The Trash Bird pulled its leg back when it saw the sword, but it wasn't fast enough. The front halves of its talons exploded off its foot as the sword hit them.

Trash Bird saw that, it stopped its cry for

it jumped back as its chest

knew what would come next and

Shang felt

health. If Trash Birds were backed into a corner, they could gather

severely drain their reserves,

knew that he would only need to evade its next couple of

that point, he

also wasn't in the condition to dodge the next attack naturally, which meant that he had to rely on his left

with his new ability, but his left arm was still the best thing when it came

thrown to the side as he unleashed a Fire Blast, barely evading the Trash Bird's

all over the place, but he still managed to remain on

he looked back at the Trash Bird, Shang could see thin droplets of blood shooting

throat was already being injured, and it wouldn't take

again, and this time, Shang managed to evade the attack by jumping

Trash Bird wasn't good at fighting, which was why Shang had been able

blood came

attacks!'

Bird focused on Shang

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

a violent explosion suddenly consumed

wave of terrifying heat washed over Shang's body, but he was

moment,

"SHUT UP!"

shout of a man come from

over, and his eyes

appeared in the

that there hadn't

old man with greying red hair stood at the gate as he glared with anger

difficult for Shang to come to terms with

fight had just reached its climax, but his opponent had

where did that gate

"Sir?" Shang asked uncertainly.

man wore bronze-colored robes that seemed rather humble. He definitely wasn't someone who put much importance on what other people

"It's not forbidden for you younglings to walk around this place outside

you any manners?! What did your parents teach you that you think it's a good idea to bring the loudest and most annoying beast for thousands of kilometers around to my

with shock

but I didn't know that anyone was here," Shang said with

"What? You didn-… hmm."

but then

was what most Mages

Shang nodded.

of annoyance and acceptance. "Fine. Then, you

you know. In the future, please keep these annoying things away from

man and