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.

were poisonous and

worms with the Ice Affinity could be eaten, but they were outnumbered one to ten by the worms with a

to hate and kill each other, making

the worms present, the number of normal

were allowed to multiply even further, they would eventually fill out every square meter

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

the hunters grew longer and

other than the worms could be found for nearly

been transformed into a land

Soldier Stage worms looked more like larvae. In the Initial Soldier Stage, they were barely a meter long and 20 centimeters wide. In the Peak Soldier Stage, they were about five meters long and 40 centimeters

mortals estimated that there were over 500,000 worms in the surrounding 100

comparison, there were barely 30,000 people

now, becoming a warrior had become the default for people, and becoming anything else had actually become difficult and even a symbol of status to

had to actively go out and kill worms, the few

reduced more and

was when a

a warrior but a

been born in this mortal district, and she had been

so that she and the others could live

to help them and make the lives of everyone

and eventually, she created

transformed the corpse of the

managed to create a

very differently from how normal people viewed

merchant as a shopkeeper or a trader.

merchants were almost

merchants were extremely powerful, and they were legendary existences that

other towns and cities, which was the

powerful visitors had never shown interest in anything

now, the Darkness Mage managed to produce something like

after a

corpses as

Mana Crystals as possible, and when the merchants showed up the next time, she presented them

of the merchants looked at it with a frown and asked her

him she had

The merchant's frown deepened.

these Mana Crystals were