Sword God in a World of Magic

Time passed.

About ten years after getting the worms, Shang had given away the first True Path Stage warrior to the Temple of Blood.

That particular True Path Stage warrior had been a red-haired man named David, and Shang didn't have any use for him in the town.

David wasn't the most hardworking person, and he also didn't care about teaching people.

He was neither fit for becoming outstanding nor for raising new warriors.

Because of that, Shang told the Temple of Blood that they could take him.

That was the first time Shang had actually been paid for bringing a True Path Stage warrior to the Temple of Blood, and the payment was extremely generous.

Ten Grade Six Mana Crystals…

For a True Path Stage warrior!

The usual bonus for recruiting a High Mage was something like three Grade Five Mana Crystals, but Shang had received over 3,000 times as much!

After getting these ten Grade Six Mana Crystals, Shang could finally buy more Mind Flow Pellets, and he did just that.

As Shang sat in his castle, consuming one Mind Flow Pellet after the other, the world of the mortals had completely transformed.

The number of hunters had shot through the roof.

The worm infestation had proven to be a terrifying danger to the weaker humans.

On their own, the worms weren't directly a danger to the mortal district, but just by existing, they were threatening the mortal district.

How?

Food.

There were two kinds of worms that could be born from the two Abyss Worms.

Either they got a Darkness Affinity or an Ice Affinity.

The threat lay with the worms that had a Darkness Affinity.

poisonous and

but they were outnumbered

each other, making

of normal beasts had dropped

further, they would eventually fill out every square

that, the pressure on the hunters had increased severalfold. They needed to kill every single worm they could find and bring back the small scraps of food they

and longer as they tried to find

other than the worms could be found for nearly a hundred

been transformed

barely a meter long and 20 centimeters

there were over 500,000

barely 30,000 people living in the

else had actually become difficult and even a symbol of

out and kill worms, the few that didn't

reduced more and more, and a famine appeared

when a

wasn't a

had been born in this mortal district, and she had been

that she and the others could live in peace

had always wanted to help them and make the lives

and eventually, she created something

a Spell that transformed the corpse of the Darkness Affinity worms

she managed to create a commodity that the merchants

inside this town was viewed very differently from how normal

a merchant as a shopkeeper or a

were almost otherworldly

extremely powerful, and they were legendary

towns and cities, which was the dream of

powerful visitors had never shown

managed

told everyone about her Spell, and after a long

as

night to produce as many Darkness Mana Crystals as possible, and when

a frown and asked her how

told him she had

The merchant's frown deepened.

these Mana Crystals were horrible and barely