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.'

was close

all up to luck

then, the

saw his

lot of needles coming down his back. He was wearing sunglasses and looked like an

later, Shang's

took a deep

a brown porcupine with an obvious Affinity for

over five meters high, and its needles looked like they

was meaty and

that's it,' Shang

way I'm winning

hammer and struck

the distant Shang and

Shang didn't move.

didn't even take

the porcupine snorted and

didn't like

the porcupine destroyed parts of the earth with every step, and it was

within ten meters of Shang, it opened its

it opened its mouth, which was as big as

was around equal to the

had a terrifying defense, and it definitely wasn't

if it could even use its needles as

attack. What would he be able to do against a

Shang sighed.

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

it for the beast

will only get

pointed his left arm

mouth was close

then, Shang woke the hidden

instant, Shang's body began to

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

lost a lot of its

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

a gigantic hole appeared in the

a meter wide, and it stretched from its head all

own world through

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

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

The porcupine stopped.

it fell

Dead.

used Darkness Absorb

left the corpse and entered

body had been empty of life energy, and after absorbing so much of it, it had fully

for his

arm was still

his empty left

feel