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

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

each other, making it even

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

the worms were allowed to multiply even further, they

of 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

the hunters grew longer and longer

no beast other than the worms could be

had been transformed into a land of

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

estimated that there were over 500,000

barely 30,000 people living in the mortal

else had

to actively go out and kill worms,

more and more, and a famine appeared

was when a hero

it wasn't a warrior but

in this mortal district, and she had been born with

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

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

of that, she put her everything into studying, and eventually, she created something that would eliminate the famine once

had created a Spell that transformed the corpse

to create a commodity that

very differently from how normal people

just think of a merchant as a shopkeeper

merchants were almost otherworldly

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

towns and cities, which was

visitors had never shown interest

managed to produce something

after a long debate, the mortal district decided to

as

possible, and when the merchants showed up the next

it with a frown and

she had

The merchant's frown deepened.

these Mana Crystals were