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.

cut left behind by King Skythunder or one of his

this spot. If not even the King could get through there,

think the ore is?" Shang asked

Sword answered. "I only know that it

absorb it?"

for a

maybe I can

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

be possible," Sword

you can create a hole,"

"Maybe," Sword answered.

"Want to try?"

"Yes."

he didn't

what consequences

definitely an Abomination or something similar beyond this

if I

I contact Duke

Shang weighed his

at the wall

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

an Abomination behind it, they may be afraid

'If there is an Abomination in there, the Storm

the Storm Eagle, the more powerful humans I have never met

a bit nervous as he

far as I have seen from meeting that one Abomination,

thought about the path

a hole, I am potentially endangering everyone I

the same time, there might be something in

thought about what

Dean? He would open it without

but there was also a possibility that

Skythunder? He would definitely open

about the

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

took a deep

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

'High risk, high reward.'

just hope this doesn't endanger

it,"

out Sword and

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

had been so powerful that they even

ground, and Shang looked at

hand had completely

moment, Shang feared that he had lost it forever, but his warrior's

isn't like the backlash

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

"It's fine," Shang answered.

fell to the ground again, and its tip

it touched the

CRRRRRRR!

into nothingness. Luckily, it

managed to dig into the wall ever