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

all up

the wheel

his

image depicted a pig-like man with a lot of needles coming down his back. He was wearing

later, Shang's

a deep

was a brown porcupine with an

meters high, and its needles looked like they were made of

head was meaty and

guess that's it,' Shang

I'm winning against that

lifted his hammer and struck

the distant Shang and

Shang didn't move.

didn't even take

the porcupine snorted and

definitely didn't like

destroyed parts of the earth with every step, and

meters

its gigantic teeth, and it opened its mouth,

equal to the

it had a terrifying defense, and it definitely wasn't

surprised if it could even use its needles as a ranged attack if it

be able to do against a wave of needles that shot

Shang sighed.

like a cheetah or a bird, I could have won,' he

for the beast category of

will only get eight

left arm at

mouth was close

then, Shang woke the hidden

Shang's

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

blood lost a lot

that, Shang's left arm turned into black

a gigantic hole appeared in the

and it stretched from

horizon of his own world through

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

pure, Neutral Mana came from the porcupine's body, and Shang felt

The porcupine stopped.

it fell

Dead.

slowly walked over and used Darkness Absorb on

energy left the corpse and entered Shang's

had been empty of life energy, and after absorbing so much

for his left

arm was still

looked at his empty left

don't feel