Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang walked on a road towards a big city in the middle of the day. The side of the road led into thick forests, which were filled with weaker beasts.

A couple of people had already passed him on his journey, but they didn't talk to him.

Shang had seen plenty of people riding on beasts. This seemed to be nothing unusual in the Spirit Spring Kingdom as even very weak merchants rode on beasts.

Eventually, Shang reached the gates of the city. The gates were made of wood, but Shang could tell that this wasn't normal wood. The wood the gates were made out of was probably as powerful as Commander Stage ore.

Several guards were checking the Space Rings of the people that wanted to enter the city, and quite a long queue had already formed.

Shang only stood at the end of the queue, not looking at anyone else.

The people around Shang threw careful glances at him.

For some reason, they didn't feel comfortable being near him.

However, they didn't want to be rude. So, they didn't comment.

Shang waited for several minutes in the queue until it was his turn.

"Space Rings," the woman on a large wolf ordered as she saw Shang.

The guards of this city were Spiriters, and they used their beasts to keep watch over everything.

Grrrr!

At that moment, the wolf the woman was riding on started to growl at Shang.

The Spiriter was quite surprised when she saw her beast's reaction and connected with it mentally.

Of course, the beasts weren't very smart, and they could only transmit primitive feelings toward their Spiriters.

Right now, the wolf was transmitting a feeling that identified Shang as an enemy.

The wolf wanted to kill Shang.

When the Spiriter felt these feelings come from her beast, her eyebrows furrowed, and she looked at Shang.

"What is your business here?" she asked with a chilly tone.

"I want to buy a map," Shang answered evenly.

The Spiriter's eyes narrowed. "What kind of map?"

"Just a general one of the Spirit Spring Kingdom," he said. "As you might have noticed, I'm not from here."

After Shang said these words, the Spiriter took a closer look at Shang.

density of Mana around him was rather weak, but the threat she

quickly knew what was

warrior?"

to the Skythunder Kingdom. I've been

Verification Magic Circle active, and the Spiriter could tell that Shang was speaking

eyes only became

beast saw Shang as an

you kill any beasts?"

"Yes," Shang answered.

in her eyes, and Shang could feel detest

couple of seconds, she

Ring," she ordered again with an icy

out his Space Ring

Space Ring, she had to

Corpses.

corpses and

in harmony with the beasts. Especially the

Ring filled with beast corpses was like seeing a

hatred, but she threw the Space Ring back

enter," she said with a controlled

nodded and

moment, the Spiriter felt frustrated, helpless,

Kingdom were forbidden from killing beasts without a good reason. After all,

since the Skythunder Kingdom had gained its new King and joined the war, people

them, killing beasts was

beast was like picking up gold off the

and negotiations took place after a humongous outrage went through the Spirit Spring Kingdom's

Kingdom decided to only send warriors and Mages to the Spirit Spring

present, the warriors and Mages would

included hunting

Kingdom was unusual, but

Kingdom saw a warrior, they would grit their teeth

them from the

could be compared to some kind of ogre that protected a village but walked into the village to

hated the ogre, but

into the city, he saw a

pulled carriages, smaller beasts that used their fire to cook food or melt ore, small flying beasts that delivered things

the Skythunder Kingdom used warriors to keep the public in order, the Spirit Spring

the streets, one beast after the

Anger.

Enmity.

Fear.

the people noticed the beasts' actions, and they grew

had just been lively, had now become very silent as

Step. Step. Step.