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

confident,"

they

later, everyone had left the

And the beast arrived.

but he hadn't been sure what exactly it was until he

when he saw it, he

the blacklist,'

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

Shang knew what

Tunnel Pangolin.

Affinity. They were famous for turning into a ball and

responsible for keeping the Caves from collapsing. On top of

on the

was a Tunnel Pangolin, he jumped back to block the entrance of the tunnel his team

took out his sword and

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

the

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

Tunnel Pangolin was very susceptible to the

Why?

hunters always used metal as

sound of ringing metal most likely meant

back into its normal form, it looked

again

on as the Tunnel Pangolin fled down a different

quite a hurry. If it were hunting, it wouldn't waste so much energy rolling at such

afraid of

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

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

eyes narrowed when he

was absorbing quite a

reach the top of the slope, and

tunnel for a bit

"They're gone. Good."

was

man with black hair

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.