Sword God in a World of Magic

The wheel slowed down and eventually stopped on Shang's next opponent.

It was a Pest Cat, but it had several things that didn't fit the image of a normal Pest Cat.

First of all, it had long eyelashes, which showed that it was very feminine.

It also had a big belly, which reminded Shang of a pregnant woman.

Lastly, it wore a dainty crown.

Shang quickly realized what beast this picture symbolized.

He hadn't seen one yet, but these beasts were worth a ton of money.

It was Pest Queen.

Pest Queens were the main source of the Pest Cat problem.

When a Pest Cat reached the General Stage, it had a chance of evolving into a Pest Queen.

A Pest Queen would abandon its agility in exchange for ranged abilities and vastly increased fertility.

Pest Cats only had six children per pregnancy in general.

Pest Queens, on the other hand, could store sperm from male Pest Cats like ant queens, and they could endlessly birth Pest Cats as long as they had enough food.

Its children would catch all the food for it while having children of their own from time to time.

One Pest Queen could produce as many children as 30 Pest Cats!

'Luckily, they are not great in direct combat. Their danger comes from their fertility and their army of Pest Cats,' Shang thought.

'But that was to be expected. After all, I am supposed to fight a weak Early General Stage beast.'

After a short moment, the Pest Queen appeared in the distance.

It looked similar to a Pest Cat, but it had a gigantic belly, and dark shadows swirled around its body.

The jester lifted its hammer again and struck the bell.

The Pest Queen noticed Shang and screeched a warning while slowly walking backward.

Shang readied his sword and exploded forward.

When Shang was only 50 meters away, the shadows around the Pest Queen's body began to shoot at Shang like living missiles.

Darkness Mana, and when hit by it, the

they weren't as fast as the

his entire training on being able to

the side,

the second shadow appeared, and Shang evaded

couldn't unleash all its shadows in rapid succession. It could either release several

was a short time for a normal human, but it wasn't as short

came closer

easily. I would need to fight from a safe distance and exhaust the

Trash Bird back then. I would probably be able to win, but the fight would still

his newfound power, he basically danced through the shadows the Pest Queen

Adepts' spells, evading the Pest

meters away from the Pest Queen, it suddenly turned black and seemingly

Shadow Escape, the very reason why Pest Queens are so hard

Shang, and

like it had never

on the Darkness

it. If Shang had still been at the Soldier Stage, he wouldn't have been able to see his surroundings with Darkness

Shang could somewhat

general direction

Queen was obviously a beast with

now, it was rapidly fleeing into

but kept around thirty

Queen changed its direction, but Shang kept following

later, it changed directions

Shang kept following it.

Splash!

it was emerging from a pool, the Pest Queen

Mana, and over half

shot at

like the Pest Queen had shot at

exactly why Shang had kept some distance between

and

the procedure, I would have been hit by

and the Pest Cat unleashed

there were

to

again. With that hit, I would have probably used up

loudly again, and it

avoided

would have