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 running in

I'm confident," Shang

when they heard Shang's voice and

seconds later, everyone had left the

And the beast arrived.

the beast approach, but he hadn't been sure what exactly

saw it, he

thing's on the blacklist,'

slope towards Shang. No one would think that this

knew what

Tunnel Pangolin.

They were famous for turning into

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

this thing was on the

Pangolin, he jumped back to block the entrance of the tunnel his

out his sword

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

the sound echoing

its normal form in an instant. The transformation

susceptible to the sound

Why?

always used

of ringing metal most likely meant that humans were

Pangolin turned back into its normal form,

into a ball again and

looked on as the Tunnel Pangolin fled down a different tunnel

wouldn't waste so much energy rolling at such

afraid

Shang felt something else come from the tunnel the Tunnel Pangolin had just come from, and that something

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

eyes narrowed when

absorbing quite

top of the slope, and it stopped at

for a bit and then focused on

"They're gone. Good."

was

black hair and purple robes. His

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.