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.'

wheel was

up to luck

then, the

his

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

later, Shang's opponent

took a deep

a brown porcupine with an obvious Affinity for

its needles looked like

head was

that's

way I'm winning against

his hammer and

porcupine noticed the distant

Shang didn't move.

take out

curiosity, the porcupine snorted and ran

definitely didn't

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

within ten meters of

dropped from its gigantic teeth, and it opened its mouth, which was as big as Shang's

equal to

that, it had a

its needles as a ranged attack if it felt

dog's attack. What would he be able to do against

Shang sighed.

it had been something like a cheetah or a bird,

it for the beast category of the

I will only get eight

pointed his left arm at

close

Shang woke the hidden power inside his

instant, Shang's body began to

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

a lot

Shang's left arm turned into black

a sound, a gigantic

hole was a meter wide, and it stretched from its head all

his own world through the hole in the porcupine's

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

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

The porcupine stopped.

it fell

Dead.

slowly walked over and used Darkness Absorb

life energy left the corpse and entered

body had been empty of life energy, and after

for his

left arm was

at his

feel