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.

shadow is filled with Darkness Mana, and when hit by it,

fast as the Spells all the Adepts

on being able to evade devastating attacks,

side,

second shadow appeared,

Queen couldn't unleash all its shadows in rapid succession. It could

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

came closer

I would need to fight from

I would probably be able to win, but the fight

power, he basically danced through the shadows the

comparison to evading all the Adepts' spells, evading the Pest Queen's

the Pest Queen, it suddenly turned black and seemingly melted into

Escape, the very reason why Pest Queens are

Shang, and the

was like it

his eyes and concentrated on

Darkness Mana inside it. If Shang had still been at the Soldier Stage, he

warrior, Shang could somewhat perceive his surroundings, even

could feel the general direction of the Pest

was obviously a beast with a Darkness Affinity, and Shang could

it was rapidly

but kept

Queen changed its direction,

seconds later, it changed directions

Shang kept following it.

Splash!

was emerging from a pool, the Pest Queen reappeared, and it screeched

a boatload of Mana, and over half

shadows shot at

Pest Queen had shot at Shang with a

why Shang had kept some distance between him and the Pest

jumped away and

the procedure, I would have been hit by at

the Pest

there

managed to

hit again. With that hit, I

loudly again, and it unleashed all

barely avoided

attack would