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

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

the worms also seemed to hate and kill each other, making it even more difficult

the worms present, the number of normal beasts had dropped to a frighteningly

further, they would eventually

the hunters had increased severalfold. They needed to kill every single worm they

excursions of the hunters grew longer and longer as they tried

no beast other than the

transformed

Stage, they were barely a meter long and 20 centimeters wide. In the Peak

over 500,000 worms

were barely 30,000 people living in the mortal

people, and becoming anything else had actually become

out and kill worms, the few that didn't need

of Ice Affinity worms reduced more and more, and a famine appeared in

was when

a

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

had seen her superiors fight and hunt just so that she and the others could live in peace

had always wanted to help them and make the

she put her everything into studying, and eventually, she created something that would eliminate

transformed the corpse of the Darkness Affinity worms into

to create a commodity that

this town was viewed very differently

just think of a merchant as

merchants were almost otherworldly

merchants were extremely powerful, and they were

towns and cities, which was the dream

these supremely powerful visitors had never shown interest

Darkness Mage managed to

Spell, and after a long debate,

brought back as many corpses as possible and

night to produce as many Darkness Mana Crystals as possible, and when the merchants showed up the next time, she presented them with the Darkness Mana

of the merchants looked at it with a frown

told him she

The merchant's frown deepened.

purity of these Mana Crystals were horrible