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.

something heavy

confident,"

and Elver nodded when they

left

And the beast arrived.

been sure what exactly it was

when he saw it, he

that thing's on the

towards Shang. No one would think that

knew what

Tunnel Pangolin.

famous for turning into a ball and rolling over their opponents with

why the Tunnel Pangolins were on the blacklist was that they kept the tunnels smooth and hard. They essentially were responsible for keeping the Caves from collapsing. On top of that, they didn't like humans

wonder that this thing was on the blacklist

Shang saw that it was a Tunnel Pangolin, he jumped back to block the entrance

his sword and punched

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

loudly, the sound echoing throughout

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

Tunnel Pangolin was very susceptible

Why?

always used metal as their

most

as the Tunnel Pangolin turned back into its normal

a ball again and rolled

Tunnel Pangolin fled down a different tunnel with

waste so much energy rolling at such speeds up a slope. It would climb the slope

afraid of

something else come from the tunnel the Tunnel Pangolin had just come from, and that something was giving off a kind of murky Darkness

which meant that this thing didn't have a pure Darkness Affinity. It probably

when he felt the

was absorbing quite a bit of Darkness

the thing reach the top of the slope, and it stopped at the entrance of

tunnel for a

"They're gone. Good."

it was a

entrance of the tunnel stood a man with black hair and purple robes. His eyes

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.