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 their

confident," Shang

Elver nodded when they heard Shang's voice and followed

later, everyone had left the

And the beast arrived.

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

he saw it, he

that thing's on the blacklist,' Shang

a slope towards Shang. No one would think that this thing was a beast since the ball was way too

knew what

Tunnel Pangolin.

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

on the blacklist was that they kept the tunnels smooth and hard. They essentially were responsible for keeping the Caves from collapsing. On top of

that this thing was on the blacklist with so many benefits

a Tunnel Pangolin, he jumped back to block the entrance

his sword and punched

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

vibrated loudly, the sound echoing throughout the

back into its normal form

susceptible to the sound of

Why?

used metal as

metal most

turned back into its normal form, it

a ball again

as the Tunnel Pangolin fled down a different tunnel with

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

it afraid

moment, Shang felt something else come from the tunnel the Tunnel Pangolin had just come from, and that something was giving off a kind of murky

didn't have a pure

when he felt the

quite a bit of

the top of the slope, and it stopped at the entrance of the tunnel where Shang

scanned the tunnel for a bit

"They're gone. Good."

it was

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

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.