Sword God in a World of Magic

The team continued walking, but the entire atmosphere had changed.

Earlier, the team felt professional, calm, and collected.

Now, there was anger and hostility in the air.

Over the next hour, Shang found another Early General Stage beast and made the team avoid it.

Then, they finally found the next Initial General Stage beast.

Even though there was hostility in the air, the teamwork was still impeccable, and everyone did their job.

The only difference was the lack of communication after the beast was dead.

Astor tried to lift the spirits of everyone, but he was mostly ignored.

In the end, Astor could only sigh and wait for the hunt to be over.

Two hours later, the team had hunted two more beasts, leaving only one spot open in Sarah's Space Ring.

This was an insanely profitable day for them.

Even with Shang's share, they had all earned several days' worth of gold in these couple of hours.

Hunting in the Caves was dangerous but very profitable.

Sarah decided that the team would walk back. If they met another beast on their journey, great, but if they didn't, it would also be okay. Being too greedy and going further away from their exit was a recipe for disaster.

The team avoided a couple of beasts on their way back, and everything was proceeding smoothly.

That was, until a certain moment.

Shang's eyes suddenly narrowed. "You run back!" Shang shouted as he took out his big sword. "It's time for me to do my job."

Elver and Astor looked with confusion and surprise at Shang while Sarah narrowed her eyes.

"You heard him!" Sarah shouted as she accelerated. "Move it!"

As Sarah left, Elver and Astor looked nervously at Shang.

Then, they felt vibrations coming from the ground.

heavy was running in their

worry. I'm confident," Shang

nodded when they heard Shang's

seconds later, everyone had left the tunnel where

And the beast arrived.

been sure

saw it,

the blacklist,' Shang thought

yellowish-brown ball was rolling up a slope towards Shang. No one would think that this thing was a beast since the ball

Shang knew what

Tunnel Pangolin.

Pangolins were beasts with an Earth Affinity. They were famous for turning into a ball and rolling over

that they kept the tunnels smooth and hard. They essentially were responsible for keeping the Caves from collapsing.

was no wonder that this thing was on the blacklist with

he jumped back to block the entrance of the tunnel his team had fled

Shang took out his sword and punched its

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

vibrated loudly, the sound

back into its normal form in an instant. The transformation was

Pangolin was very susceptible

Why?

human hunters always used metal as

sound of ringing metal most likely meant that humans were

into its normal form, it looked around and

again and rolled down

fled down

be in quite a hurry. If it were hunting, it wouldn't waste so much energy rolling at

it afraid

the Tunnel Pangolin had just come from, and that something was giving off a kind

have a

when he

absorbing quite a bit of Darkness

seconds later, Shang saw the thing reach the top of the slope, and it stopped at the entrance of the tunnel where Shang was

tunnel for a bit

"They're gone. Good."

it was a

hair

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.