Sword God in a World of Magic

After around two hours, the team reached the bottom of the crater, leaving the troublesome icy needles behind.

But now, they had to climb the gigantic and long slope to the north. The Volcano Wyrm Zone had a very high altitude. After all, the Zone was essentially one gigantic mountain, over ten kilometers tall.

After a bit of climbing, the officer and One noticed something.

One went over to Zero. "As my first order, I don't want you to get involved."

Zero had also noticed what was going on, and he nodded.

"Boys, who wants to prove themselves?" the officer shouted with a smirk to the team behind him. "Who's willing to take on an Early General Stage beast with only two people?"

The Bootlickers wanted to jump forward to prove themselves, but when they heard that they were only allowed to fight in a pair, most of them gave up.

But there were still some of them that were interested.

"I'm willing," One suddenly shouted.

The Bootlickers gnashed their teeth when they heard One shout. Right now, they regretted not shouting sooner.

"Fine, and who will be your partner?" the officer asked with a smirk.

One looked over at Two.

Two realized what One had planned, scratched his chin, and nodded. "I'm also willing," he shouted.

"Alright, then get to it," the officer shouted. "There's a Hardfire Spider to the east of us. Everyone else, you can take a pause and watch our comrades fight!"

Right now, some of the Bootlickers were happy that they didn't jump forward while the Scumbags only snickered.

A Hardfire Spider had a deadly fighting style. It wasn't uncommon for a team to have a casualty while hunting one.

One and Two didn't seem to mind as they charged towards the east.

After some seconds, the two of them noticed a two-meter-tall and very wide spider in front of them. It was seemingly made of hardened magma, and it quickly noticed the two people charging at it.

"How confident are you in killing it?" One asked.

Two took out the long needle-like spear from his back. "This weapon is made to kill beasts."

"Great," One said. "Then, I will be the distraction while you kill it."

After One said that, he charged forward. The others couldn't tell what kind of ability he was using, but One had become very fast while charging forward.

CRRRK!

The ice around the spider turned into steam as its body began to glow in a hot and bright light.

Then, it also charged toward its opponents.

BANG!

body leaving behind a cloud

suddenly changed direction and

BOOOM!

surroundings as fire

soldiers only snickered when they

Lava Affinity, a mix

explosiveness of fire, which increased their speed, and the weight and defense

the tradeoff was that Hardfire Spiders couldn't

they were extremely

CRK!

one of the spider's armored legs, making its armor explode

knew what One

with Metal Mana, which gave

useful against most beasts, but when it came to heavily armored beasts, it

warriors with a Metal

its armor had been destroyed, it became enraged, and fire shot

The sweltering heat could severely injure an Early General Stage warrior, but One

swiped at him

insect was too fast and nimble. The spider couldn't properly align

the leg was coming, jumped, and put his sword

CRACK!

the spider's leg, but

One easily landed without any

done!" One said with a voice that suggested

Two's voice

I said I would prove my trustworthiness. For

Two didn't answer.

spider exploded

BOOOOM!

spider's back, and it jumped forward at

in a blocking position but

Ssshhh.

of wind and snow came from between the spider and

the howling sounds of a heavy storm as snow and ice gathered in a previously empty

them,

left arm caressed the spear, and its tip

BANG!

exploded forward and struck forward with

its underside first, but it would have landed before reaching

Two had intercepted it, and it

put his entire power into

then, he pierced

on the spear hit

CRACK!

armor on the spider's underside broke into

Two exploded in Ice, which allowed him

CRACK!