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

then, the wheel

his next

lot of needles coming down his back. He was wearing sunglasses

later, Shang's opponent

a deep

brown porcupine with an

over five meters high, and its needles looked like they

head was meaty and

that's it,' Shang

way I'm winning against that

jester lifted his hammer and struck

porcupine noticed the distant

Shang didn't move.

even take

porcupine snorted and ran towards

definitely didn't like

of the porcupine destroyed parts of the earth with every step,

came within ten meters

opened its mouth, which was

around equal to

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

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

would he be able to do against a wave of needles that

Shang sighed.

been something like a cheetah or a bird, I could have

guess that's it for the beast

will only

left arm at

mouth was close to swallowing

Shang woke the

an instant, Shang's body began

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

blood lost a

that, Shang's left arm turned into

a sound, a gigantic hole appeared

was a meter wide, and it stretched

of his own world through the hole

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

from the porcupine's body, and Shang felt like his body was bathed

The porcupine stopped.

it

Dead.

used

life energy left the

energy, and after absorbing so much of

for his left

arm was still

his empty left

feel