Sword God in a World of Magic

About 20 minutes later, Shang reached the tunnel and entered it.

As he walked further, he noticed something. 'My Darkness Vision stops at a certain point, but this is somehow different. Usually, I can feel the Darkness Mana stop at the walls and remain near them, but this time, it feels like the Darkness Mana is being swallowed by something.'

'It's almost like it simply stops existing at some point. It's like being on a boat and looking at a waterfall. The river simply seems to vanish at that point.'

Some seconds later, Shang noticed that the tunnel was getting wider, contradicting the map. The map showed a natural dead-end, but instead of becoming narrower, the tunnel widened.

Eventually, Shang could see the end of the tunnel.

The tunnel had widened to a width and height of over a hundred meters, but everything stopped at the same point.

Shang could see in the dark, but he felt like he couldn't see the thing at the end of the tunnel.

However, just as expected, the feeling Shang was feeling was becoming more intense.

Eventually, Shang stopped just a meter away from the end of the tunnel.

In front of him, he could only see black.

Shang extended his hand.

And he felt a wall.

The wall was cold to the touch, but it wasn't freezing.

'Strange. This wall is so black that I can't even see it,' Shang thought as he rubbed his hand on the wall.

"That's the ore," Sword said.

Shang looked at Sword with furrowed brows. "What is?"

"The wall," Sword said.

Shang's eyes widened in shock, and he looked at the wall. "You're saying that this gigantic wall is all made up of Entropy Ore?!" he asked.

"Correct," Sword answered.

Shang could barely wrap his mind around this fact.

So, the two-kilometer wide and however-many-kilometer high circle was entirely made up of Entropy Ore?!

How much ore was that?!

At that point, Shang noticed something.

There was a tiny cut in the immaculately flat and smooth wall.

Shang's hand went over, and he could barely feel the cut. Without his Darkness Vision, he would have never found it.

'I guess this is where they tried to break through the wall,' Shang thought.

'Sadly, they failed.'

Shang looked at the wall for a while longer. 'But how could they? If a team of True Mages failed to get through there, it means that this ore is exceptionally hard and, therefore, quite valuable. Instead of just giving up, they would surely call the Duke, right?'

'And the same thing would be true for the Duke, which means that eventually…'

Shang looked closer at the cut.

by King Skythunder or one of his

also explain why nobody marked this spot. If not even the King could get

powerful do you think the ore is?" Shang asked

Sword answered. "I only know that it is far above my

you absorb it?"

remained silent for

can't absorb it permanently, but maybe

his chin. "So, you can absorb a small part, release it

should be possible," Sword

create a hole," Shang

"Maybe," Sword answered.

"Want to try?"

"Yes."

but he didn't

about what consequences

an Abomination or something similar

if I made

I contact Duke Whirlwind

a while, Shang weighed

looked at the

means they also wouldn't know if it's a good idea to dig through this

they knew that there might be an Abomination behind it, they may be

Shang thought as he looked at the ceiling. 'If there is an

powerful than the Storm Eagle, the more powerful

nervous as he looked

As far as I

point, Shang thought about the path he wanted to

am

same time, there might be something

do, and he thought about what the people he

open it

Whirlwind? He might decide against opening it, but there was also a possibility that he might

would definitely

about the God?' Shang

scene appeared in Shang's head. In that scene, a teenager with red hair dug at the wall with a mad grin

took

is correct, I think nearly everyone in my stead would decide to open

'High risk, high reward.'

just hope this doesn't endanger everyone

do it," Shang

out Sword and held it

second later, violent black flames appeared around Sword,

flames had been so powerful that

ground, and Shang looked at his right

right hand had

lost it forever, but his warrior's body quickly recovered

like the backlash of

stood up. "Seems like I have to do

"It's fine," Shang answered.

fell to the ground again, and its tip pointed to the

it

CRRRRRRR!

again, and everything around it turned into nothingness.

managed to dig into the wall ever