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.'

put this entire

into

BANG!

any issues. This time,

a bit, Shang charged down one of the tunnels.

the first intersection, Shang went down, deeper into the Caves. Just like Sarah, Shang had purchased a map for the

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

had earned, Shang had the net

come after them. Killing Mages was far more profitable than killing

a couple of General Stage beasts while

some spiders, pangolins,

in attacking Shang. He was running too

ground that had several tunnels connected

time to time, Shang could see beasts leave one tunnel and go to

Shang jumped off the edge and fell down the

A second later, Shang's body vanished and was seemingly replaced by

was specifically designed to allow someone to descend

lightly landed on

the tunnels. By now, his mind had reached the power of a Peak Apprentice,

couple of minutes, Shang took a

a right, went straight, took another left, and eventually,

but not steep enough to fall

tunnel was

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

stronger the beasts. This meant that, as long as

meet an Initial Commander Stage beast and then meet a Peak Commander Stage beast just a hundred meters

like this

very rarely used by beasts. Commander Stage beasts had no reason to ascend the slide, and General Stage beasts had no reason to

slide and