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 in

I'm confident,"

and Elver nodded when they

had left the tunnel

And the beast arrived.

been sure what exactly it was

when he saw it,

on the blacklist,' Shang thought with

No one would think that this thing was a

Shang knew what it

Tunnel Pangolin.

were beasts with an Earth Affinity. They were famous for turning into a ball and rolling over

were responsible for keeping the Caves from collapsing.

thing was on the

he jumped back to block the entrance of the tunnel

took out his sword and

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

loudly, the sound echoing throughout the

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

very susceptible to the sound of

Why?

always used metal

most likely

Pangolin turned back into its normal form, it looked

it turned into a ball again and rolled down a

on as the Tunnel Pangolin fled down a different

much energy rolling at such speeds up a

it afraid of

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

Mana, which meant that this thing didn't have a pure

narrowed when he felt the

thing was absorbing quite a bit of

the top of the slope, and it stopped at

for a bit and

"They're gone. Good."

it was a

the entrance of the tunnel stood a man with black hair and

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.