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

I'm confident," Shang

when they heard

seconds later, everyone had left

And the beast arrived.

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

saw it,

the blacklist,' Shang

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

knew what it

Tunnel Pangolin.

Affinity. They were famous for turning into a

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

on the blacklist with so

back

took out his

CLIIIIINNNGGG!

loudly, the sound echoing throughout

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

Tunnel Pangolin was very susceptible to

Why?

human hunters always used metal as their

ringing metal most likely meant that humans

into its normal

into a ball again and

Pangolin fled down a different tunnel

If it were hunting, it wouldn't waste so much energy rolling

afraid

Pangolin had just come from, and that something was giving off a kind

thing didn't have a pure

narrowed when he felt the

was absorbing quite

reach the top of the slope, and it stopped

for a bit and then

"They're gone. Good."

it was

stood a man with black hair and purple robes.

And beside the man…

Hovered a Focus.