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 entire

into the

BANG!

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

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

down, deeper into the Caves. Just like Sarah, Shang had purchased a map for the Caves, which basically cost

four Foci with one Amplifier each,

earned, Shang had the net worth of a Mid Commander

the luxury of having several Adepts come after them. Killing

saw a couple of General Stage beasts

some spiders, pangolins, moles, and

He was running too fast, and he was giving off quite a strong

a large hole in the ground that had several tunnels connected to it. The hole was

and go to a different one.

jumped off the edge and fell down the

purchased. A second later, Shang's body vanished and was seemingly

to allow someone to descend this hole without any

lightly landed on the

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

Shang took a

another left, and eventually,

but not steep enough to

specific tunnel was

because, after arriving at the slide's end, one would enter

Commander Stage warriors. In the Caves, the deeper one went, the stronger the beasts. This meant

One could meet an Initial Commander Stage beast and then meet a

like this wouldn't

beasts. Commander Stage beasts had no reason to ascend the slide, and General Stage beasts had

the hard slide