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.'

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BANG!

landed on the ground without any issues. This time,

looking around for a bit, Shang charged down one of the tunnels. The beasts around this place weren't a

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

with one Amplifier each, which came

all the other gold he had earned, Shang had the net worth

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

Stage beasts

spiders, pangolins, moles, and

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

hole in the ground that had several tunnels

go to

a running start, Shang jumped off the

of the talismans he had purchased. A second later, Shang's body vanished and was

someone to descend this hole without any

a minute later, Shang silently and lightly landed

looked around for a bit and walked down one of the tunnels. By now, his mind had reached the power of a Peak

of minutes, Shang took a left, which led him

another left, and eventually, he arrived at

quite steep but not

was called the "Commander

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

Caves were far better than the Canyon for a new team of Commander Stage warriors. In 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

Commander Stage beast and then meet a Peak

this wouldn't

by beasts. Commander Stage beasts had no reason to ascend the slide, and General Stage beasts had no reason to descend it unless they

hard slide and slid down with