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

be eaten, but they were outnumbered one to ten by

and kill each other, making it

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

multiply even further, they would eventually fill out

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

of the hunters grew longer and longer as they tried to

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

transformed into a

barely a meter long and 20 centimeters wide. In the Peak

there were over

30,000 people living in the

becoming anything else had actually become difficult and even a

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

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

was when a hero

a warrior

and she had been born with a rare

so that she and the others could live in peace inside the

always wanted to help them and make the lives of

eventually, she created something that would

Spell that transformed the corpse of the Darkness Affinity

managed to create a

town was viewed very differently from how normal people viewed

think of a merchant as

were almost otherworldly

and they were legendary existences that could traverse

travel to other towns and cities, which was

these supremely powerful visitors had never shown interest in anything the mortal district

the Darkness Mage managed to produce something

her Spell, and after a long debate, the mortal district decided to trust

brought back as many corpses as possible and

and when the merchants showed up the next

with a frown and asked her how many

she had

The merchant's frown deepened.

of these Mana Crystals were horrible