Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang entered the eastern wall in the morning.

For the last ten months, he had focused on increasing the power of his body, and he was now at the Peak General Stage.

Today, he would test his power against an Early Commander Stage beast. At least, that was the plan.

At the moment, Shang's body was just as powerful as the body of an Early Commander Stage warrior. In a way, by fighting an Early Commander Stage warrior, Shang was not jumping any levels.

However, the physical powers of beasts had become far more powerful than back when Shang had only been at the Early or Initial General Stage.

There wasn't a single warrior in the world that could defeat a Commander Stage beast alone while being at the same level.

Shang quickly purchased a couple of talismans and jumped down the wall.

Even though Shang had gotten used to running very fast, flying was still something new to him, and he enjoyed the solitude in the air.

A couple of minutes later, Shang landed near the entrance to the Caves.

It was the same one he had used three years ago with Astor, Sarah, and Elver.

Then, Shang sighed.

'I haven't thought about them in forever. Originally, I wanted to make some friends, but then this entire Wilbury thing started. I was so focused on becoming more powerful that I didn't even talk to them once.'

'Friends, huh?' Shang thought as he looked at the sky. 'I think I want friends. I've gotten used to the loneliness, but I still wonder from time to time how it would be to have a friend in this world.'

'But what am I supposed to do with them? I'm being targeted by people way more powerful than me. The last time it happened, the three of them also nearly died.'

'On top of that, what if the enemy wants to use them as hostages? I won't walk into an obvious trap, which means that my hypothetical friend will just lose their life for nothing.'

this

into the

BANG!

landed on the ground without any issues. This time, not even his

a bit, Shang charged down one of the tunnels. The beasts around this place

Sarah, Shang had purchased a map for the Caves, which basically cost him nothing due to his substantial

had already sold four Foci with one Amplifier each, which came to a total of four million

the other gold he had earned, Shang had the net worth of a

come after them. Killing Mages

Stage

some spiders, pangolins, moles, and even a

were interested in attacking Shang. He was running too fast, and he was giving off quite

a large hole in the ground that had several tunnels

see beasts leave one tunnel and go to

jumped off the

was falling, Shang broke one of the talismans he had purchased. A second

to descend this hole without any beasts annoying

minute later, Shang silently and lightly landed on the ground, and

bit and walked down one of the tunnels. By now, his mind had reached the power of a Peak Apprentice, allowing Shang to memorize

of minutes, Shang took a

straight, took another left, and eventually, he arrived at a

but not steep enough

was called the

at the slide's end, one would enter the part of the Caves where Commander Stage beasts

the Caves, the deeper one went, the stronger the beasts. This meant that, as long as one remained at the upper parts of the Commander Stage part of the Caves, one wouldn't

mixed. One could meet an Initial Commander Stage beast and then meet a Peak

this

this slide was also only very rarely used by beasts. Commander Stage beasts had no reason to ascend the slide,

slide