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 was running

worry. I'm confident," Shang said

they heard

everyone had left the tunnel where

And the beast arrived.

been sure what exactly it was

when he saw it, he

that thing's on the blacklist,' Shang

No one would think that this thing was a beast since the ball was

knew what

Tunnel Pangolin.

turning into a ball and rolling over their opponents with their

keeping the Caves from collapsing. On top of that, they didn't like humans very much and

was on the

a Tunnel Pangolin, he jumped back to block the

Shang took out his sword and punched

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

vibrated loudly, the

its normal form in an

susceptible to the sound of

Why?

used metal

ringing metal most likely meant

Tunnel Pangolin turned back into its normal

again and

fled down a different tunnel with

hurry. If it were hunting, it wouldn't waste so much energy rolling at such speeds up a slope.

it afraid of

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

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

narrowed when he felt

quite a bit of Darkness

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

for a bit and then focused on

"They're gone. Good."

it was

stood a man with black hair and purple robes. His eyes seemed to be emotionless and

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.