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 was

confident," Shang

nodded when they

had left the

And the beast arrived.

he hadn't been sure what exactly it

when he saw it,

that thing's on the blacklist,' Shang

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

Shang knew what

Tunnel Pangolin.

They were famous for turning into a ball and rolling over their opponents with their

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, they didn't like humans very much and tried to avoid them. Lastly, they also loved snacking on

this thing was on the blacklist with so many benefits to

jumped back to block the entrance

took out his sword and punched

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

the sound echoing throughout the

and turned back into its normal form in an instant.

very susceptible to the sound

Why?

used metal

of ringing metal most likely

as the Tunnel Pangolin turned back into its normal form, it looked around and noticed

ball again and rolled

Pangolin fled down a different tunnel with furrowed

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

it afraid of

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

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

eyes narrowed when he felt

absorbing quite

the thing reach the top of the slope, and

the tunnel for a bit and then focused on

"They're gone. Good."

it was

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

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.