Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang continued hunting for another two days.

Sadly, no matter how many risky situations he brought himself into, the Cleaner just wouldn't bite.

Shang even accepted a mission to hunt a pair of Peak General Stage beasts, and he fought both of them at the same time.

This fight had actually taken a couple of seconds. All the others had ended in, at most, two seconds.

Yet, even then, the Cleaner hadn't shown themselves.

'What is their plan?' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'With these two beasts, it would be three on one. You are a Peak Adept! Are you too afraid to attack some warrior a level below you with a numerical advantage?'

By now, Shang was getting really annoyed.

What, did he need to attack a Commander Stage beast for them to show up?!

Shang wasn't completely against attacking an Initial Commander Stage beast, but he certainly didn't want to do that while someone was out for his life. Such a fight would need all of Shang's reserves.

'Would I attack me if I were the Cleaner?' Shang thought.

Then, he thought about what he had done over the past couple of days.

'I might have shown too much of my power,' Shang realized. 'Sure, if I were them, I would have already attacked. After all, this seems like an interesting fight.'

'However, not everyone is like me. In comparison to me, the Cleaner doesn't need to fight. If they believe the mission to be too dangerous, they could simply retreat and give up.'

Shang looked at his surroundings with furrowed brows.

'It's very possible that they have already retreated.'

'I screwed up. If they decide to abort the mission, the Wilburys won't lose any money.'

Right now, Shang wasn't sure how he should feel.

He had felt frustrated and suppressed every day he had remained in Warrior's Paradise. He wanted to go outside and fight. Yet, the constant presence of the Cleaner had forced him to stay inside.

Now, Shang was finally taking the plunge, but the very power that had suppressed him for so long had vanished.

is no way to lure them out, staying here is pointless,' Shang thought. 'I already have enough wealth back at the

outpost, which was about two kilometers away from his current

General Stage, but not even one of the Peak General Stage beasts managed to put up a decent fight. They

things

looked at his own hand with furrowed

powerful? I don't

how powerful

nearly as powerful

Peak General Stage beast solo, but

of a Peak General Stage beast, but that was

speed by a

as hard and sharp as the hardest tusk or horn of an Initial

techniques and his fighting experience. With those things, he could easily

combined, Shang's power had reached the

he was only at the Late General

only been around the peak powers of the surrounding hundreds

Stage warriors, and he

had been completely isolated from the normal person

fact, he only felt

the Dean had been back when he had been

Shang had become the most powerful General Stage warrior in the world, and he wasn't

the Cleaner won't show up by tomorrow, I will return to Warrior's Paradise. I need to become even

back towards the

Bang.

turned to face the

just heard a distant explosion, and he could see a couple of icicles

and hit something

had hit was circular, and

was a

warnings of an Ice Demon

Bang.

was pushed back by a strong, green wind, and a second later, a huge spire made of stone shot

Ice Demon,' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'Everyone working here knows of the local blacklist, and they should know that the Ice Demon is on it. Sure, the punishment isn't very severe for killing it,

they engage in a fight with it?' Shang thought as he looked at the distant