Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang walked back to the defensive line. Even though the fight hadn't been ended by him, he had still gained some knowledge.

Now, he truly knew how annoying the Trash Birds were.

Shang now knew exactly why every single hunter avoided fighting Trash Birds.

They were worth nothing.

They mainly focused on running away.

And their defensive weapons were at the peak of being annoying and painful.

It was like that species specifically evolved to be as unappealing to humans as possible.

It was ugly, useless, annoying, loud, and worthless.

An animal from Earth with equivalent status and worth would probably be a rat.

Of course, a Trash Bird was still much stronger than a rat.

'I would have only needed to resist two more attacks. I should have been able to avoid the next attack with another Blast of mine. The last attack would have been up in the air, but even if it hit me, its feet had already been injured quite badly. Even if it hit me, I would have probably survived.'

'I think I had a good chance at victory.'

'That's one step closer to fighting an actually powerful Initial General Stage beast.'

Shang's brows furrowed.

'However, there is only so much I can improve on. I have already reached the greatest speed possible, and my body has also reached its peak. There are only two ways to increase my power without advancing in my Realm or undergoing the procedure.'

'First, specific knowledge and experience regarding my target. I'm already very experienced in fighting beasts in general, but I don't have a specialized fighting tactic for every single beast I can fight.'

'After today, I learned a lot about the Trash Bird, and the next time, it will be even easier. At that point, I will have created a specific technique to deal with it.'

'That's one way to increase my power.'

'The other way is to work on my Affinity. At the moment, I can use my Affinity for speed and flexibility, but I don't have a good way to turn it into a direct weapon.'

Shang looked at his left arm.

'I've been training on my Affinity for a while now, and I can feel that I'm getting close to being able to concentrate it. If I manage to achieve that, I can increase my offensive power by a lot.'

'However, the price of my Affinity will make it harder for me to increase my speed if I also use it offensively. The attack with my Affinity could only be used as a finishing blow, and if the opponent manages to evade that, I will be in trouble since I can't increase my speed anymore for quite some time.'

'But that's about it.'

Shang snorted.

releasing it in a more sophisticated way is literally what a Mage does. So, to increase

path and learn Magic. Even I can see how much

reached the defensive line again. Sure enough, everyone was still fighting the horde

and Late General Stage beasts had joined, and

the sidelines had either already finished their fights or were

Trash Bird from here. So, how was it? How was your first Trash

"Annoying," Shang grumbled.

can

looked at

only smirked. "You should go grab some. You will

looked at the

Spire

keep his laughter in check. "No,"

only looked

like he won't fall for your shit anymore,"

hunters in the team also laughed

the other hunter said. "Your name's Shang, right? Would you be interested in joining our

the other hunters and noticed that none of them seemed to

Stage hunters. They exclusively hunted Early General Stage

they were willing to let him join meant that they valued his

but I'll have to decline," Shang

rejected," the leader of the team shouted with

They hadn't asked Shang previously, but Shang seemed like someone that

a good idea, Shang?" Chuck

Shang looked at Chuck.

Initial General Stage beast on your own, but that won't keep working forever," Chuck said. "You should know that their bodies become more and more powerful than ours

might still be able to kill a Mid General Stage beast while being at the Early General Stage, but as soon as

hunters in the

it becomes completely impossible at the Early

Chuck genuinely worried

had given Shang advice several times. It was like he was trying to repay Shang

"We are fighting with the very thing the beasts have the advantage in. Our intelligence

Exploding Mountain Turtle a year

Shang nodded.

Commander doesn't keep his level a secret. He is at the Early True Path Stage, just like the Exploding Mountain Turtle,"

fight with your

Shang nodded again.

Dean and the Exploding Mountain Turtle had been on equal

Dean had been

was to cut some stone off the