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 thing on

jumped into

BANG!

ground without any issues. This time, not even his

one of the tunnels. The beasts around this place

Shang had purchased a map for the Caves, which basically cost him nothing due to his

Foci with one Amplifier each, which came

gold he had earned, Shang had the net worth of

several Adepts come after them. Killing Mages was far more

of General Stage beasts while passing

saw some spiders, pangolins, moles, and even a

attacking Shang. He was running too fast, and he was giving

large hole in the ground that had several tunnels connected to it. The hole was nearly an entire kilometer

tunnel and go to a different one.

Shang jumped off the edge and fell

one of the talismans he had purchased. A second later, Shang's

specifically designed to allow someone to descend this hole without

a minute later, Shang silently and lightly landed

the tunnels. By now, his mind had reached the power of a Peak Apprentice, allowing Shang to memorize the entire map he

of minutes, Shang took a left, which led him

another left, and eventually, he

tunnel was quite steep but not steep enough to

specific tunnel was called the "Commander

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

meant that, as long as one remained at the

all mixed. One could meet an Initial Commander Stage beast and then meet a Peak Commander Stage

this

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

onto the hard slide and slid