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.

in my Affinity and releasing it in a more sophisticated way is literally what a Mage does. So, to increase my power even more, I have to essentially teach myself

can get why so many warriors give up on the warrior's path and learn Magic. Even I can see how much a

defensive line again. Sure enough, everyone

the Peak and Late General Stage beasts had joined, and

teams on the sidelines had either already finished their fights or

that Trash Bird from here. So, how was it? How was your first Trash Bird?" the hunter

"Annoying," Shang grumbled.

Trash Bird's excrement can increase

looked at the

should go grab

only looked at

this another Spire Mire thing?"

McGuiness, tried to keep his laughter in check. "No," he said with

only looked at

he won't fall for your shit anymore," a hunter beside Chuck shouted

in the

talented," the other hunter said. "Your name's Shang, right? Would

that none of them

know that this was a team filled with Early General Stage hunters. They exclusively hunted Early General Stage beasts, which was still above Shang's

willing to let him join meant that

but I'll have to decline," Shang

of the team shouted with a loud

something like that. They hadn't asked Shang previously, but Shang seemed like someone that wasn't interested in

think that's a good

Shang looked at Chuck.

that won't keep working forever," Chuck said. "You should know that their bodies become more and more powerful than

keeps increasing at its current pace, you might still be able to kill a Mid General Stage beast while being at the Early General Stage, but

as one of the strongest hunters in the entire world if you

at the Early Commander Stage," Chuck

that Chuck

advice several times. It was

beasts have the advantage in. Our intelligence and tactics can only achieve so much. At some

Mountain Turtle a year ago,

Shang nodded.

True Path Stage, just like the

saw the fight with

Shang nodded again.

Dean and the Exploding Mountain Turtle had

the Dean had been

best he had managed was to cut some