Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang didn't know how long he remained here, and he didn't care.

The stillness of the water around him soothed his mind, and he felt like being here was the right thing to do. He didn't know why, but that was what he felt.

After an unknown amount of time, Shang opened his right eye again.

He felt like he knew the lake better now.

'I should continue,' he thought.

Then, Shang continued descending.

Why was he descending?

There was a reason for it.

After another two minutes, Shang felt something other than water touch him.

He extended his hands and felt the sand.

'Finally,' he thought.

'I'm probably over 1.5 kilometers deep in the lake, but I only feel sand now.'

Shang was sure that the lake had to have a deepest point, and he was also sure that the deepest part would not be that close to the border of the Zone.

The deepest part of the lake would be the most dangerous part, and Shang didn't want to enter that part.

However, Shang also didn't want to leave the Tide Serpent Zone. The Tide Serpent apparently didn't really care about Shang, while other Zone Beasts might care a lot about him, which would be bad.

If Shang decided to dig into the earth right near the edge, the Plague Rat might decide that Shang was inside its Zone again.

Because of that, Shang had swum downward. Right now, he was about 50 meters away from the border, which meant that if he were to dig into the wall now, he would definitely still be inside the Tide Serpent Zone.

Shang's hands felt the sand, and he noticed that it was a steep wall instead of a floor.

thought, 'an

keeps going at this angle, the deepest point of the lake might be tens of kilometers deep. Maybe even

until the walls met, but he didn't think that it

another beast, but he felt like he had come across some on

had reached the sand wall, he extended his arms and

he continued swimming into the

that he could swim into the sandy wall like it was water.

purposefully didn't leave an opening while burying himself in the sand,

purpose in coming here was to find

several meters into the sandy wall, Shang

In

here, especially with the sand surrounding him, would kill a Soldier Stage warrior,

motionlessly buried in the sand,

Shang to feel any vibrations much better than the water, and he was using it to scout if

slight movement come from the lake, but it

digging in the sand,

Zone, and those beasts definitely weren't

Plague Rat Zone, which meant that

this place perfect

here,

No human would willingly come here. After all, an unknown depth filled with terrifying sea creatures would be below

willingly descend that far into the Tide Serpent

greatest danger lay the safest

anything that wasn't a

not feeling any kind of significant movement, Shang decided that this place was

with him. In this lake, clothes were not really useful, and they were

His real body in the Tide Serpent Zone was naked now, but the body inside his inner world would

the black armor, he thought that it looked even more

from his fight with Vice-Commander

were destroyed, and the cape could

The material might still be able to turn a fatal attack into

black wrapping covering his left eye socket, which