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 the

"Yes," Sword said.

I couldn't feel the ore in the

then, Shang's eyes narrowed. 'Could it

he had participated

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

how? Abominations are only supposed to appear during the Day of Chaos, and that is still

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

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

north, consulting his

Shang entered a particular tunnel, he noticed something on the map that

Area?' Shang

entered was colored in a slight blue hue.

and there was a

beasts,'

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

even though Shang had traveled for 30 minutes, he wasn't walking very fast, and he was walking in circles

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

feel an Abomination from the north, and the center of the Calm Area also happens to be to

continued walking to the north in as straight of a

meet

reached a dead end

the northeast for

the direction has definitely changed,' Shang

east of the

did the

The west.

to grab one of the many pieces

his eyes and focused on the

he drew a straight line through the entire

went

another line

the western side of

and looked at the