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 his

why nobody marked this spot. If not even the King could get through there, nobody else

do you think the ore is?" Shang asked

"I only know that it is far above my current

absorb it?"

for a

definitely can't absorb it permanently, but maybe

you can absorb a small part,

should be possible,"

create

"Maybe," Sword answered.

"Want to try?"

"Yes."

nodded, but he didn't immediately

about what consequences this action

or something similar beyond this

would happen if

I contact Duke

a while, Shang weighed

the

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

might be an Abomination

ceiling. 'If there is an Abomination in there, the Storm Eagle would kill it,

Abomination is more powerful than the Storm Eagle, the more

felt a bit nervous as he looked

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

about the path he wanted to

am potentially endangering

might be something in there that could help me with my

he should do, and he thought about what the people he knew would do

would open it without a second

Whirlwind? He might decide against opening it, but there

Skythunder? He would

about the God?'

scene, a teenager with red hair dug at the wall with a mad grin

took a deep

nearly everyone in

'High risk, high reward.'

doesn't

do it,"

out Sword and held it to

appeared around Sword, and Shang immediately let go of

so powerful that they even injured

and Shang looked

hand

he had lost it forever, but

like the backlash

as it stood up. "Seems like I have to do this one

"It's fine," Shang answered.

to the ground again, and

then, it

CRRRRRRR!

around it turned into nothingness. Luckily, it

had managed to dig into the wall ever