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

then, the

his next

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

moment later,

a

a brown porcupine with an

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

head was

guess that's

I'm winning against

his hammer and

noticed the distant

Shang didn't move.

didn't even take

some curiosity, the porcupine snorted and ran towards

definitely didn't like

every step, and

within ten meters of

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

around equal

top of that, it had a terrifying

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

already had trouble evading the dog's attack. What would he be able to do against a wave of needles that

Shang sighed.

it had been something like a cheetah or a bird,

guess that's it for the beast category of the

like I will only get eight

pointed his left arm at

close to

the hidden

instant, Shang's body

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

lost a

top of that, Shang's left arm turned

gigantic hole

it stretched from its head all

could easily see the horizon of his own world through the hole

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

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

The porcupine stopped.

then, it

Dead.

used Darkness Absorb on

of life energy left

after absorbing so much of it, it had

for his

arm was

at his empty

feel any