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."

come from the north?" Shang

"Yes," Sword said.

the ore in the Old King's

then, Shang's eyes narrowed.

of Chaos he had participated in. Back

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

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 Mages would

to investigate. Even if there were

to the north, consulting

a particular tunnel, he noticed something on the map that he hadn't

Area?'

Shang had just entered was colored in a slight blue

area was called the Calm Area, and there

beasts,'

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

minutes, he wasn't walking very fast, and he was walking in circles at different depths.

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

also happens to be to the north?'

to the north in as straight of a line as

meet any

dead end and had to go around

the northeast for about two kilometers before he

the direction has definitely

east of the

did the feeling

The west.

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

eyes and focused

a straight line through the entire Calm

Shang went to

drew another

the western side of

Shang stopped and looked at the