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

I'm confident,"

they heard Shang's voice

everyone had left the tunnel where Shang was

And the beast arrived.

he hadn't been sure what exactly

he saw it, he

the blacklist,' Shang thought

one would think that this thing was a

Shang knew what it

Tunnel Pangolin.

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

essentially were responsible for keeping the Caves from collapsing. On top of that, they didn't like humans very much and tried to avoid them. Lastly, they also loved snacking

this thing was on the blacklist with

Shang saw that it was a Tunnel Pangolin, he jumped back to block the entrance of the tunnel

his sword and punched its

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

loudly, the sound

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

was very susceptible to the

Why?

hunters always used metal

of ringing metal most likely meant that humans

back into its normal form,

it turned into a ball again and rolled down

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

hurry. If it were hunting, it wouldn't waste so much

it afraid

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

wasn't pure Darkness Mana, which meant that this thing didn't have a pure Darkness Affinity.

narrowed when he felt

was absorbing quite a bit of Darkness

top of the slope, and it stopped at the entrance

tunnel for a bit

"They're gone. Good."

it was

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

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.