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

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

powerful do you think the ore

only know

absorb it?" Shang

for a couple of

but maybe I can absorb it

can absorb a small part, release it in an attack, and then absorb some

be

create a hole," Shang

"Maybe," Sword answered.

"Want to try?"

"Yes."

but he didn't

thinking about what consequences this action

or something

happen if I made

Duke Whirlwind or

while, Shang

the wall and

also wouldn't know if it's

knew that there might be an Abomination behind

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

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

as

if that happens, I don't think I'm in danger. As far as I have seen

Shang thought about the path

a hole, I am potentially endangering everyone I

same time, there might be something in there that

do, and he thought about what the people he

He would open it without

He might decide against opening it, but there was also

would definitely

about the God?'

a scene appeared in Shang's head. In that scene, a teenager with red

took a

think nearly everyone in my stead

'High risk, high reward.'

doesn't

it,"

took out Sword and held it to the

flames appeared around Sword, and Shang immediately let go of it,

had been so powerful that they even

to the ground, and Shang looked at his

right hand had

feared that he had lost it forever, but his warrior's body quickly

this isn't like

answered as it stood up. "Seems

"It's fine," Shang answered.

ground again, and

then, it

CRRRRRRR!

fire again, and everything around it turned into nothingness. Luckily, it managed to hold itself to

dig into the wall ever so