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.

ore in the Old King's

Shang's eyes narrowed.

had participated in.

had felt the Abomination

an Abomination? But how? Abominations are only supposed to appear during the Day of

here. If there were

were no Abomination, the

to the north,

a particular tunnel, he noticed something on the

Calm Area?' Shang

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

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

no beasts,' Shang

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

though Shang had traveled 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,

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

of the Calm Area also happens to be to the north?' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'This doesn't seem like a

the north in as straight of

meet any

reached a dead end and had to go

northeast for about two

has

east

where did the feeling come

The west.

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

closed his eyes and

a straight line through the entire Calm Zone on

Shang went to the

drew another

the western

then, Shang stopped and looked at