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.

was rather weak, but

quickly knew what

a warrior?" she

said. "I want to get back to the Skythunder Kingdom. I've been

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

her eyes

why her beast

you kill any beasts?"

"Yes," Shang answered.

Shang

she only glared at

she ordered again with

his Space Ring and threw

the Spiriter saw the contents of the Space Ring, she had to

Corpses.

beast corpses

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

was like seeing a Space Ring filled with

but she

may enter," she said with a controlled but icy

nodded and

Spiriter felt frustrated, helpless, and

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

had gained its new King and joined the war, people from the Skythunder Kingdom appeared in the

killing beasts

beast was like picking up gold

took place after a humongous outrage went through the Spirit Spring Kingdom's citizens due to the Skythunder Kingdom's

the Skythunder Kingdom decided to only send warriors and Mages

present, the warriors and Mages would be allowed

hunting beasts for

Spring Kingdom was unusual, but it

of the Spirit Spring Kingdom saw a warrior, they would grit

were there to protect them from

ogre that protected a village but walked into the

hated the ogre, but they

into the city, he saw a

were bigger 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 were even bigger beasts that

warriors to keep the

after the other looked at him with a

Anger.

Enmity.

Fear.

beasts' actions, and they grew just as wary

been lively, had now become

Step. Step. Step.