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 close

all up to

the wheel

saw his next

down his back. He was

moment later, Shang's

a

with an obvious Affinity

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

was meaty and

that's

way I'm winning

hammer and struck the

porcupine noticed the distant Shang and

Shang didn't move.

take out

some curiosity, the porcupine snorted and

definitely didn't like

of the earth with every step,

meters of

from its gigantic teeth, and it opened its mouth, which was as big

equal

of that, it had a terrifying defense, and it definitely

could even use its needles as a ranged attack if

What would he be able to do

Shang sighed.

had been something like a cheetah or a

guess that's it for the beast category of

like I will only get eight

his left arm

was close

Shang woke the hidden

an instant, Shang's body

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

blood lost a lot of its

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

a gigantic hole appeared in

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

horizon of his own world

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

later, a storm of pure, Neutral Mana came from the porcupine's body, and Shang felt like his body was

The porcupine stopped.

then, it fell

Dead.

used Darkness Absorb

of life energy left the corpse and entered Shang's

life energy, and after

for his left

arm

looked at his empty

don't feel any