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

Ice Affinity could be eaten, but they were outnumbered

the worms also seemed to hate and kill each other, making it even more difficult to get a worm with an Ice

the worms present, the number of

were allowed to multiply even further, they would eventually

to kill every single worm they could

of the hunters grew longer and longer as they tried

worms killed more and more beasts, and eventually, no beast other than the worms could

transformed into a

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

were over 500,000 worms in

barely 30,000 people living

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

and kill worms,

reduced more and more, and a famine appeared in

was when

it wasn't a warrior but

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

just so that she

had always wanted to help them and make the lives of everyone around

into studying, and eventually, she

a Spell that transformed the corpse of the Darkness Affinity worms into pure Darkness

that, she managed to create a commodity that

merchant inside this town was viewed very differently from how normal people viewed normal

merchant

merchants were almost

merchants were extremely powerful, and they were legendary existences that could

could travel to other towns and cities, which was

powerful visitors had never shown

managed to

Spell, and after a long debate, the mortal district

corpses as possible

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

of the merchants looked at it with a frown

him she had

The merchant's frown deepened.

of these Mana Crystals