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

then, the wheel

his next

down his back.

moment later,

a deep

porcupine with an obvious

five meters high, and its needles looked

head was meaty and

that's

I'm winning against

his hammer and struck

the distant Shang

Shang didn't move.

take out his

some curiosity, the porcupine snorted

didn't like

gigantic body of the porcupine destroyed parts of the earth with every step, and it was like a wall of doom

came within ten meters of Shang, it opened

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

around equal to the dog's

had a terrifying defense, and it definitely wasn't

be surprised if it could even use its needles

he be able to do

Shang sighed.

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

guess that's it for the beast category of

will only

pointed his left arm

was close to

then, Shang woke the hidden

Shang's body

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

lost a lot

left arm turned into black dust, which scattered

then, without a sound, a gigantic hole appeared in the

it stretched from its head all the

could easily see the horizon of his own world through

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

of pure, Neutral Mana came from the porcupine's

The porcupine stopped.

it fell

Dead.

walked over and used Darkness

of life energy left the

after absorbing so much

for his left

left arm was

looked at his empty left

don't feel any