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.

that something heavy was

I'm confident,"

Elver nodded when they heard Shang's voice and

everyone had left the tunnel where

And the beast arrived.

approach, but he hadn't been sure what exactly it was until he saw

when he saw it,

that thing's on the blacklist,' Shang thought with

No one would think that this

Shang knew what

Tunnel Pangolin.

Earth Affinity. They were famous for turning into a ball and rolling over their

tunnels smooth and hard. They essentially were responsible for keeping the Caves from collapsing. On

no wonder that this thing was on the blacklist with so many benefits

that it was a Tunnel Pangolin, he jumped back to block

took out his sword and punched its

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

loudly, the sound echoing throughout the

into its normal form in an instant.

was very susceptible

Why?

used metal as their

metal most likely meant that humans

into its normal

again and rolled down

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

hunting, it wouldn't waste so much energy rolling at such speeds up a slope. It would climb

afraid of

Pangolin had just come from, and that something was giving

didn't have a

when he felt the

absorbing quite a bit of Darkness

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

the tunnel for a bit

"They're gone. Good."

was a

man with black hair and purple robes. His eyes seemed

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.