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

then, the

saw his

depicted a pig-like man with a lot of needles coming down his back. He was wearing sunglasses and

moment later,

a deep

brown porcupine with an

and its needles looked like they were made of

head was

that's it,' Shang

I'm winning against that

lifted his hammer and struck

porcupine noticed the distant Shang and

Shang didn't move.

take

curiosity, the porcupine snorted and ran

definitely didn't like

with every

meters of Shang, it opened

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

was around equal to the dog's

that, it had a terrifying defense, and it

use its needles as a ranged attack if

able to do against

Shang sighed.

it had been something like a cheetah or

I guess that's it for the beast category of the

like I will only

arm at the

close to swallowing

woke the

instant, Shang's body began

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

blood lost a lot of its

that, Shang's left arm turned into black dust,

without a sound, a gigantic hole appeared in the

was a meter wide, and it stretched

his own world through the hole in

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

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

The porcupine stopped.

then, it fell

Dead.

walked over and used Darkness

of life energy left

after absorbing so

for his left

left arm was still

his

feel any