Sword God in a World of Magic

"This one was close," Shang said to Sword.

"But we won," Sword answered.

"We did, but only because it panicked. If it had any sort of combat experience, it would have focused on getting rid of me instead of continuously healing. We only won because I managed to take advantage of its inexperience," Shang said.

"But we won," Sword said.

Silence.

"Yes, we won," Shang said with a sigh.

Shang looked at the vanishing corpse. "Dogs aren't famed for their defensive capabilities, but it was still incredibly hard to break its defenses. The physical bodies of beasts truly can't be underestimated."

Shang noticed that a leaflet had appeared, and he looked through it.

"Companion," Shang read.

That was the name of the dog's species.

Shang sighed once again.

He didn't regret killing it. After all, it was necessary.

But it still left a bitter taste in his mouth.

"Apparently, they are being bred in the Skythunder Kingdom's capital," Shang said to Sword. "They mainly work for the King's army."

The kingdom's capital was north of Duke Mithril's territories. Duke Whirlwind was the ruler over the southernmost Zones, and Duke Mithril was responsible for the central-southern territories. There were several more Dukes that dealt with the other directions for a total of twelve Dukes.

One at the outer parts of each cardinal direction.

One at the inner parts of each cardinal direction.

And one for each of the corners.

Since the corners weren't that wide, the Dukes responsible for the corners ruled over the outer and inner parts, making their territories resemble a line or a triangle more than a square or a circle.

Then, Shang saw the God's quote.

"Who would want to punch a puppy? A monster!"

Shang took a deep breath and threw the leaflet to the side.

At that point, the wheel returned.

"Level eight: Average Middle General Stage beast."

The wheel began to spin, and Shang looked at it with an intense expression.

'I only won because my opponent was inexperienced. This won't happen with the next one.'

Shang watched the wheel spin.

'The only way I can win against the next one is if I perfectly counter it.'

The wheel slowed down.

'Preferably, I need something with a weak defense.'

was close to

all up

the

his

a pig-like man with a lot of needles coming down his back.

later, Shang's

took a deep

porcupine with an obvious

meters high, and its needles looked like they

head was meaty

guess that's

way I'm winning against

lifted his hammer

porcupine noticed the

Shang didn't move.

take out

some curiosity, the porcupine

didn't like

with every step, and it was like a wall of doom was

ten meters

opened its

around equal to the

it had a terrifying defense, and it definitely

surprised if it could even use its needles

evading the dog's attack. What would he be able to

Shang sighed.

had been something like a cheetah or

I guess that's it for the beast category of the

like I will only get

pointed his left arm at the

mouth was close to

the hidden power inside

an instant, Shang's body began

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

blood lost a

on top of that, Shang's left arm turned into black

gigantic hole appeared in the porcupine's

meter wide, and it stretched from its head all the way to

easily see the horizon of his own world through the hole in the porcupine's

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

from the porcupine's body, and Shang

The porcupine stopped.

then, it fell

Dead.

walked over and used Darkness Absorb on the

energy left the corpse and

after absorbing so much of it,

for his left

arm was

his empty left

don't feel