Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang and Lash went into one of the caves in one of the tall mountains and descended the tunnel.

After a couple of minutes, they found several Soldier Stage beasts, but they ignored them.

The Soldier Stage beasts also felt that these two humans were too powerful, and they ran whenever they saw the two.

The cave was dark, and in comparison to the Caves in the Storm Eagle Zone, they looked natural.

They were also far less confusing from a layout perspective.

After a couple of minutes, they found the first General Stage beasts, but they also avoided the two humans.

When they saw a Mid General Stage beast, they noticed that it didn't immediately retreat. Instead, it stayed around but didn't attack them.

They continued, and a couple of minutes later, they saw a Late General Stage beast.

It was a five-meter-long mole with rocky armor and long, sharp claws.

"Can you kill it alone?" Shang asked Lash.

Lash estimated the mole's power for a couple of seconds.

"I don't know," he said.

Shang nodded. "Then, that's good training. Fight it. If I see that you are about to die, I will intervene and kill it."

Lash took a deep breath.

This would be a difficult fight.

After some seconds, he charged at the mole. The mole hadn't noticed them up to now, but as soon as it saw Lash approach, it sharpened its claws, which began to grow even more.

Lash also took out his own weapon.

Lash was one of the more powerful barbarians, and he also had his own weapon.

His weapon was a huge spike made out of hard bone. It couldn't be called a spear since it lacked the finesse of a spear. It was literally just a big, sharpened piece of bone.

However, its weight and power were still astonishing. Shang guessed that this bone came from an Initial Commander Stage beast, and even though it hadn't been crafted with a lot of finesse, it probably had been very expensive.

The two of them charged at each other.

And then, they both attacked.

BANG!

Lash pushed his long bone forward, hitting the mole on its head.

It broke through the earth armor, its skin, and its muscles, but it eventually got stuck in the mole's skull.

The mole's attack had missed since it had misjudged Lash's reach.

The mole screamed in pain and jumped back.

enough, it also stumbled a bit, showing

got the initiative,' Shang thought. 'As long as he can keep it up, he will eventually wear down the

The mole evaded most of the strikes, but that forced it to retreat even more. It was simply too big to sidestep the strike, leaving only retreat as

bone several times, but Lash

this for

how long normal hunts take?' Shang

very quickly due to his very explosive and offensive battle style. He wasn't really used to seeing fights

BANG!

mole managed to push the spear to

though the mole was a level below Lash, its body was still a bit more powerful than his. Together with the leverage it had by hitting the spear's tip, it managed to throw

BANG!

hit the wall about twenty meters away, and

too big, and there is no handle. Even the worst smith knows that a good handle is important.

was defenseless, but

wasn't sure if it was necessary, but he had to

been on the

right claw

Lash's training

BANG!

pushed the claws outward, diverting the mole's

BOOOM!

since it hadn't expected its force

charged away from the mole and

and

eyes focused on the mole's head,

BANG!

same spot it had hit the

didn't pierce through the entire brain, but it managed to destroy parts

body quickly began to convulse

was already over, and Lash quickly

Silence.

arm. There were a couple of deep cuts on it since it had deflected the mole's

that action saved

your training, I would have died," Lash said without looking away from his

a weapon doesn't mean that you only fight with it," Shang said. "There are a couple

you could have baited out an attack from the mole, kick its claw to the side, and kill it by using

imagined that scene and

fight like that, but while fighting the

and it was difficult to change it on

a lot of training and practice to

for Shang, he had been a master at hand-to-hand combat before he had even received

flow to it, especially in the

as possible, get behind the

the fighter was a slippery eel that suddenly transformed into

When he fought beasts, he mainly focused on evading their attacks and

was more direct. He essentially made his power clash with the enemy's power, which wasn't the smartest move when one was

it was

or lost