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.

rather weak, but the threat she felt coming from Shang

what was going

warrior?" she

to the Skythunder Kingdom. I've been

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

eyes only

why her beast

you kill any

"Yes," Shang answered.

appeared in her eyes, and Shang could feel detest and anger radiate from

she only

she ordered again

Space

the contents of the Space Ring, she had to control herself not to

Corpses.

many beast corpses and

Spirit Spring Kingdom worked in harmony with the beasts. Especially the

filled with beast corpses was like seeing a Space Ring filled with

anger and hatred, but she threw the Space Ring back

may enter," she said with a controlled but

and passed

the Spiriter felt frustrated, helpless,

of the Spirit Spring Kingdom were forbidden from killing beasts without a good reason. After

joined the war, people from the Skythunder

killing beasts was

a beast was like picking up

after a humongous outrage went through

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

they wanted them to be present, the warriors and Mages would be allowed to live similarly to how they lived in

hunting beasts

a warrior in the Spirit Spring Kingdom was unusual, but it wasn't

saw a warrior, they would grit their teeth

were there to protect them from the Magic

or Mage could be compared to some kind of ogre that protected a village but walked into the village to eat a child from time

hated the ogre, but they

city, he saw

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

the public in order, the Spirit

beast after the other looked at him with a mix

Anger.

Enmity.

Fear.

noticed the beasts' actions, and they grew just as

had now become very silent

Step. Step. Step.