Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang traveled through the tunnel at a slow pace. In comparison to the upper Caves, this place was far quieter since there were far fewer beasts running around.

Just like with warriors and Mages, the further one traversed on the path to power, the fewer beings on the same level one would find.

There were probably over ten times as many General Stage beasts than Commander Stage beasts. So, while the upper Caves had the occasional beast running around, the deeper Caves felt empty.

But this couldn't be avoided. In order to advance on the path to power, one was required to consume more and more resources. Every Commander Stage beast had probably killed hundreds of other beasts in their lives.

Shang didn't find any other beast for several minutes, even with the help of his Darkness Vision.

But after 30 minutes, Shang finally felt something of interest.

However, it wasn't a beast.

Shang looked towards the north with interest.

He wasn't sure what he was feeling, but this feeling felt strange.

'Am I imagining things?' Shang thought as he looked to the north. 'I can't see anything in my Darkness Vision, but I somehow feel like I should go to the north.'

For a while, Shang wasn't sure if this feeling was real or not.

'I should investigate. If I get closer and the feeling is real, it should become stronger.'

Shang walked down one of the northern paths and consulted his map again when he came to an intersection.

For a couple of minutes, Shang chose paths that led further to the north, but it wasn't that easy to navigate, even with a map.

Shang went a bit deeper into the Caves, but he didn't descend too much. After all, he didn't want to meet Mid Commander Stage beasts.

"I can feel ore," Sword suddenly said.

Sword very rarely spoke, and Shang looked at it in surprise. "What kind of ore?"

"Entropy Ore," Sword answered. "It is the same feeling as back when we were in front of the Old King's Trial, but this time, the feeling is incomparably stronger."

feeling come from the north?"

"Yes," Sword said.

in the Old King's Trial. As far as I

then, Shang's eyes

Chaos he had participated in. Back then, Shang had

the last Day of Chaos, Shang had felt the

Abominations are only supposed to appear during the Day of Chaos,

I'm not the only one hunting down here. If there were an Abomination here,

to investigate. Even if there were no Abomination, the

to the north, consulting his

particular tunnel, he noticed something on the

Calm Area?' Shang

just entered was colored in a slight blue hue. The blue hue stretched

area was called the Calm Area, and there was a short

beasts,'

point, Shang realized why there were so few beasts. Sure, there were fewer Commander Stage beasts, but traveling 30 minutes without seeing one was still a

he was walking in circles at different depths. He hadn't been inside the Calm Zone until now,

Usually, they attack them when they see them, but if an Abomination is far above their

and the center of the Calm Area also happens to be to the north?' Shang thought

to the north in as

meet any

end and

the northeast for about

direction has definitely changed,' Shang

east of the center of the

where did the

The west.

that point, Shang decided to grab one of the many pieces of coal and

and focused

straight line through the entire Calm Zone on the map

that, Shang went to the

kilometer, Shang drew another line according to

the western

and looked at