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.

behind by King Skythunder or one of

spot. If not even the King could

think the

know that

absorb it?" Shang

remained silent for a

it permanently, but maybe I can absorb it

chin. "So, you can absorb a small part, release it in an attack, and then absorb some

be

can create

"Maybe," Sword answered.

"Want to try?"

"Yes."

he didn't immediately start

was thinking about what

Abomination or something similar beyond this

happen if I made

contact Duke Whirlwind or

Shang

at the wall

it,' Shang thought. 'That means they also wouldn't know if it's a good idea to dig through this

might be an Abomination behind it, they may be

he looked at the ceiling. 'If there is an Abomination in there, the Storm Eagle would

is more powerful than the Storm Eagle, the more powerful humans I have never met would kill

a bit nervous as he looked

that happens, I don't think I'm in danger. As far as I have seen from meeting that one Abomination, Abominations don't

point, Shang thought about the path he wanted to go

I am

might be something in there that

moment, Shang wasn't sure what he should do, and he thought about what the people he

He would open it without

opening it, but there

Skythunder? He would

about the God?' Shang

teenager with red hair dug at the wall with

Shang took a

think nearly everyone in my stead would decide to

'High risk, high reward.'

hope this doesn't endanger

it," Shang

and held it

later, violent black flames appeared around Sword, and Shang immediately let go of

so powerful that they even

to the ground, and Shang looked at

right hand had

a moment, Shang feared that he had lost it forever, but his warrior's body quickly recovered

this isn't like the backlash of

Sword answered as it stood up. "Seems like I have to

"It's fine," Shang answered.

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

then, it touched

CRRRRRRR!

and everything around it turned into nothingness. Luckily, it managed to

Sword had managed to dig