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.

around him was rather weak, but the threat she felt coming from Shang

what

warrior?" she

"I want to get back to the Skythunder

gates had a perpetual Truth Verification Magic Circle active, and the Spiriter could tell that Shang was

eyes only

her beast saw Shang as

any beasts?" she

"Yes," Shang answered.

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

of seconds, she only

again

his Space

Ring, she had to control herself not to destroy it and

Corpses.

beast corpses and

Spirit Spring Kingdom worked in harmony with the beasts.

corpses was like seeing a Space Ring filled with human corpses

gritted her teeth in anger and hatred, but she threw the

may enter," she said with a controlled but

nodded and

Spiriter felt frustrated,

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

new King and joined the war, people from the

them, killing beasts was

picking up gold off the

place after a humongous outrage went through the

send warriors and Mages to the Spirit

be present, the warriors and Mages would be allowed to live similarly to how

included hunting beasts

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

someone of the Spirit Spring Kingdom saw a warrior,

them from

or Mage could be compared to some kind of ogre that protected a

the ogre,

into the city, he saw

cook food or melt ore, small flying beasts that

warriors to keep the public in order, the Spirit Spring

streets, one beast after the other looked

Anger.

Enmity.

Fear.

course, the people noticed the beasts' actions, and they grew just as wary

been lively, had now become very silent as everyone looked

Step. Step. Step.