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.'

I should put this entire friend

jumped into

BANG!

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

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

deeper into the Caves. Just like Sarah, Shang had purchased a map

with one Amplifier each, which came to a total of

all the other gold he had earned, Shang

after them. Killing Mages was far

saw a couple of General Stage beasts while passing

pangolins, moles,

Shang. He was running

to a large hole in the ground that had several

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

running start, Shang jumped off the edge and fell down

he had purchased. A second later,

was specifically designed to allow someone to descend

minute later, Shang silently and lightly landed

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

took a

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

tunnel was quite steep but not

was

arriving at the slide's end, one would enter

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

the Canyon, the Commander Stage beasts were all mixed. One could meet an Initial Commander Stage beast and then meet a Peak Commander

this

the slide, and General Stage beasts had no reason to descend it unless they had just reached

jumped onto the hard slide and slid down with