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 friend thing

jumped into the

BANG!

without any issues. This time, not

Shang charged down one of the tunnels. The beasts around

Sarah, Shang had purchased a map for

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

with all the other gold he had earned, Shang had the

having several Adepts come after them.

Stage

spiders, pangolins, moles, and even a

He was running too fast, and he was giving

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

time, Shang could see beasts leave one tunnel and go to a different one. In

off the

falling, Shang broke one of the talismans he had purchased. A second later, Shang's body vanished

was specifically designed to allow someone to

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 the entire map he

took a

straight, took another left, and

tunnel was quite steep but not steep enough to fall

was

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

the beasts. This meant that, as long as one remained at the upper parts of the Commander Stage

Initial Commander Stage beast and then meet

this wouldn't

only very rarely used by beasts. Commander Stage beasts had no reason to ascend the slide, and General Stage beasts had no reason to descend it unless they had just reached the

onto the hard slide and slid down with his