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.

heavy was running

worry. I'm confident," Shang

Elver nodded when they

later, everyone had left the tunnel where Shang

And the beast arrived.

the beast approach, but he hadn't been sure

he saw it, he

on the blacklist,' Shang thought

a slope towards Shang. No one would think that this thing was a beast since

Shang knew

Tunnel Pangolin.

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

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

no wonder that this thing was on the blacklist with so

he jumped back to block the entrance of the tunnel his team

his sword and

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

vibrated loudly, the sound

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

susceptible

Why?

human hunters always used metal as their

ringing metal most likely meant that humans

Pangolin turned back into its

into a ball again and rolled down a

looked on as the Tunnel Pangolin fled down

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

it afraid of

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

meant that this thing didn't have a pure Darkness Affinity.

when

was absorbing quite a bit of

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

for a bit and

"They're gone. Good."

was

entrance of the tunnel stood a man with black hair

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.