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 with a

other, making it even more difficult

with all the worms present, the number of normal beasts had dropped

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

every single

excursions of the hunters grew longer and longer as they tried to find

more and more beasts, and eventually, no beast other than the worms could be found for

icy wasteland had been transformed into a land

were barely a meter long and 20 centimeters wide. In

over 500,000

barely 30,000 people living in the

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

and kill worms, the few that didn't need to go were

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

was when a hero

wasn't a warrior but a

Mage had been born in this mortal district, and she

just so that she and the others could live in

wanted to help them and make the lives

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

created a Spell that transformed the corpse of the Darkness Affinity worms

a commodity that the merchants were

this town was viewed very differently

would just think of a merchant as a

merchants were

they were legendary

to other towns and cities, which

never shown interest in anything the mortal

Darkness Mage managed to

had told everyone about her Spell, and after a long debate,

many corpses as possible and handed

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

with a frown and asked her

told him she

The merchant's frown deepened.

of these Mana Crystals were horrible and barely