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.

couldn't feel the ore in the Old King's Trial. As

then, Shang's eyes narrowed.

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

Chaos, Shang had felt the

looked to the north. 'Am I feeling an Abomination? But how? Abominations are only supposed to appear

only one hunting down here. If there were an Abomination here, the

were no Abomination, the ore would

the north,

tunnel, he noticed something on the map that

Calm Area?'

in a slight blue hue.

called the Calm Area, and

no beasts,' Shang

there were so few beasts. Sure, there were fewer Commander Stage beasts, but traveling 30 minutes without seeing one was still a bit

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

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

Calm Area also happens to be to the north?' Shang thought with

continued walking to the north in

didn't meet any

dead end and had

northeast for about two kilometers before

has

the east of the center of

where did the

The west.

decided to grab one of the many

and focused on

the entire Calm Zone on the map according

went to the

Shang drew another line according

to the western side of the Calm

Shang stopped and looked at