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."

from

"Yes," Sword said.

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

then, Shang's eyes

the last Day of Chaos he had participated in. Back then,

last Day of Chaos, Shang had felt the Abomination in the Northern Ice Wyvern

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

here. If there were an Abomination here, the

Even if there were no Abomination, the ore would still

traveling to the north,

a particular tunnel, he noticed something on the

Calm Area?' Shang

slight blue hue. The blue

Area, and there was a short note

beasts,'

so few beasts. Sure, there were fewer Commander Stage beasts,

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

can feel Abominations. Usually, they attack them when they see them, but if an Abomination is far above their

also happens to be to the

the north in as straight of a line

meet any

reached a dead end

to the northeast for about two kilometers

has definitely changed,' Shang

now, Shang was to the east of the center of the

the

The west.

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

closed his eyes and focused on the

drew a straight line through the entire Calm Zone on

that, Shang went

another line according

to the western

and