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,"

they heard Shang's voice and

left the

And the beast arrived.

had felt the beast approach, but he hadn't been sure

he saw it, he

the blacklist,' Shang

yellowish-brown ball was rolling up a slope towards Shang. No one would think

Shang knew what it

Tunnel Pangolin.

for turning into a ball and rolling over their opponents with their hard exterior and heavy

They 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

wonder that this thing was on the blacklist with so many benefits

it was a Tunnel Pangolin, he jumped back

out his sword

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

vibrated loudly, the sound echoing throughout

heard the noise and turned back into its normal form

Tunnel Pangolin was very susceptible to the sound

Why?

used metal as their

most likely meant that humans

as the Tunnel Pangolin turned back into its

it turned into a ball again and rolled

on as the Tunnel Pangolin fled

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

afraid of

Pangolin had just come from, and that

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

when he felt the

was absorbing quite a bit of Darkness

saw the thing reach the top of the slope, and it stopped at the entrance of the tunnel

scanned the tunnel for a bit and then

"They're gone. Good."

it was

the entrance of the tunnel stood a man with black hair and purple robes. His eyes

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.