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."

come from the north?"

"Yes," Sword said.

the ore in the Old King's Trial. As

eyes

Chaos he had participated in. Back then, Shang

Shang had felt

an Abomination? But how? Abominations are only supposed to appear during the Day of Chaos, and that is still about two

the only one hunting down here. If there were an Abomination here, the other warriors and Mages would have

Shang decided to investigate. Even if there were no Abomination,

to the north, consulting his

entered a particular tunnel, he noticed something on the

Area?' Shang

where Shang had just entered was colored in a slight blue hue. The blue hue stretched for about

area was called the Calm Area, and there was a

beasts,' Shang

that point, Shang realized why there were so few beasts. Sure, there were fewer Commander Stage

for 30 minutes, he wasn't walking very fast, and he was walking in circles at different depths. He hadn't been inside the Calm Zone until now, but he had been rather

but if an Abomination is far above their level, they probably avoid it,' Shang

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

continued walking to the north in as straight of a line

meet any

a dead end and had to

traveled to the northeast for about two kilometers before

direction has

was to the east of the

where did the feeling come

The west.

decided to grab one of the many pieces of

and

entire Calm Zone on the map according

Shang went

drew another line

traveled to the western side

then, Shang stopped and looked at