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

all up to

the wheel

saw his

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

later,

took a

was a brown porcupine with an obvious

and its needles

was meaty and

that's it,'

way I'm winning

jester lifted his hammer and struck the

noticed the distant Shang

Shang didn't move.

take out

some curiosity, the porcupine snorted and ran towards

didn't

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

it came within ten meters of Shang, it opened

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

around equal to the dog's

a terrifying defense, and it

even use its needles as a ranged

trouble evading the dog's attack. What would he be able to do against a wave of needles that shot at him with even more

Shang sighed.

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

it for the beast category of the

I will only

pointed his left arm at

close to

the hidden power

Shang's

His skin shriveled up.

His muscles shrank.

His bones became weak.

His organs became weak.

lost a lot

turned into

a sound, a gigantic hole appeared in

stretched from its head all the way

see the horizon of his own

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

It just happened.

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

The porcupine stopped.

it

Dead.

walked over and used Darkness Absorb

left the corpse

and after absorbing so much

for his left

left arm was still

looked at his empty

feel any