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."

the feeling come from

"Yes," Sword said.

feel the ore in the Old King's Trial.

then, Shang's eyes narrowed.

last Day of Chaos he had participated in. Back then, Shang had felt very

felt the Abomination in the Northern

the north. 'Am I feeling an Abomination? But how? Abominations are only supposed to appear during the Day of Chaos, and that is

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

investigate. Even if there were no Abomination, the ore would still

north,

noticed something on the map that he hadn't noticed

Area?'

slight blue hue. The blue hue stretched for about five kilometers and

called the Calm Area, and there was a short note beside

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 wasn't walking very fast, and he was walking in circles at different depths. He hadn't been inside the Calm

them when they see them, but if an Abomination is far above their level, they probably avoid

Area also happens to be to the north?' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'This doesn't

to the north in as straight of a line as

meet any

end

to the northeast for about two kilometers before he

the direction has

east of the

did the feeling

The west.

point, Shang decided to grab one of the many pieces of

closed his eyes and

line through the entire Calm Zone

Shang went to

kilometer, Shang drew another line

western side

and looked at