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.

meant that something heavy was running in

confident," Shang said

they heard Shang's voice

later, everyone had left the tunnel where

And the beast arrived.

felt the beast approach, but he hadn't been

he saw it,

that thing's on the

slope towards Shang. No one would think

Shang knew

Tunnel Pangolin.

Earth Affinity. They were famous for turning into a ball and rolling over their opponents with their hard exterior

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 very much

was no wonder that this thing was on the blacklist with

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

Shang took out his

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

sword vibrated loudly, the sound echoing throughout

the noise and turned back into its normal form in an instant. The transformation was incredibly smooth and

very susceptible to the sound

Why?

human hunters always used metal as

most likely meant that

into its normal form, it looked around and

turned into a ball again and rolled down a

on as the Tunnel Pangolin fled down a different tunnel with furrowed

seemed to be in quite a hurry. If it were hunting, it wouldn't waste so much energy rolling at such speeds up a slope. It would climb the

it afraid

had just come from, and that something was giving off a

a pure Darkness Affinity. It probably had a Mixed Affinity that included

eyes narrowed when he felt

was absorbing quite a

Shang saw the thing reach the top of the slope, and it stopped at

the tunnel for a bit

"They're gone. Good."

it was

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

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.