[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic":3,"chapter-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-522":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sword God in a World of Magic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1492457,1940,"Chapter 522  522 – The Crater","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-522",522,"\u003Cp>Shang was walking through a brown wasteland filled with extremely tall spires. The wind was incredibly strong. A normal human would have a very hard time walking through this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From time to time, Shang could see a couple of other warriors jumping from spire to spire in search of a beast they could hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several big beasts were flying through the distant sky, and many other beasts were crawling along the spires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the first time Shang had actually entered the Canyon in the Storm Eagle Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For decades, he had only trained in the depths of the Caves since he had wanted to keep his existence a secret from the Council.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the Council gone, Shang could now go wherever he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spires around Shang were the Eternal Spires he had seen from a distance during his first Day of Chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were made of extremely valuable ore, and many of the warriors were also mining from them while their colleagues defended them from the assault of the beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an area where only Commander Stage beasts lived, and only the most powerful warriors below the True Path Stage could attempt to mine the ore here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several beasts took note of Shang as he slowly walked through the Canyon, but none of the beasts dared to attack him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beasts had powerful instincts, and they could feel a terrifying aura of threat coming from Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple of warriors also noticed Shang, but they didn't recognize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Funnily enough, they only knew Duke Sword with his armor on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, Shang's armor had been destroyed by Susan, and Jerald hadn't had the time to create a new one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Shang reached the end of the Canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only very few warriors had ever stepped past the Canyon. After all, the land beyond this place was filled with True Path Stage beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only True Path Stage warriors that had formed a team went to this place, and there weren't many of those.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, the Storm Eagle Zone didn't have many High Mages in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that no one was currently in the land beyond the Canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang stepped past the last Eternal Spire, the wind picked up even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A normal human would be flung through the sky, but this wasn't an issue for Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was several tons heavy, and the little area his body took up wasn't nearly enough for the wind to impact him in any major way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple of minutes later, Shang arrived at a small cliff and looked forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, Shang saw an area that nearly no one had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land in front of Shang lowered more and more, similar to the Northern Ice Wyvern Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name Crater was accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Shang stepped past the cliff, the wind picked up even more. The sheer amount of Wind Mana the Storm Eagle gave off was creating a terrifying storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Shang didn't have a great Affinity for Wind Mana, he could feel the Wind Mana very clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while, Shang stood only a bit in front of the cliff after jumping down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land angled further and further down, and the horizon in front of Shang created an image he had never seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing he could see in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a blue sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like Shang had arrived at the end of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang angled his head down a bit, and his right eye followed the slope of the Crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were a couple of round stones, but they weren't taller than two meters. The fact that these stones were still here despite the constant storm spoke volumes about their hardness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang's Spirit Sense inspected the stones, he realized that he was looking at True Path Stage ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was so much!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Crater was littered with True Path Stage ore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang remembered what Agon had told him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The permission to plunder lands without any competition was extremely valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang was sure that if there were more True Path Stage warriors, this entire place would have been cleaned of ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more, if Agon were an entrepreneur, he might have harvested all of this himself to sell to the warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if one didn't need the ore, one could still sell it for an amazing profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was literally like picking money off the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Shang's gaze focused on the horizon again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to estimate how far he could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was sure that he could see further than his Spirit Sense, but he still couldn't be sure how far he could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one thing was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Storm Eagle Zone is actually bigger than the maps made it out to be,' Shang thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the maps, the Storm Eagle Zone was about as big as every other Zone, around 80 to 100 kilometers across.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as soon as Shang reached the Crater, he was sure that it was at least 150 kilometers from north to south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Shang's right eye was pulled to a certain spot in the distance by some subtle movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a bit, Shang wasn't sure if the black thing in the distance had actually moved or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Shang saw it move a bit, and he recognized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a feather!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For just a moment, Shang had seen a feather poking out of the black object in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Shang knew what he was looking at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Storm Eagle.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That gives me a good reference.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in a long while, Shang's mind went back to Earth. Specifically, he remembered math class from high school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang knew that the Storm Eagle was about two kilometers long, and he could see how big it looked from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did some simple calculations in his head and quickly came to a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Something between 40 and 80 kilometers from here. Too much guess work to get to a concrete result.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That means that the Storm Eagle Zone is probably around 150 to 200 kilometers from north to south.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After satiating his curiosity, Shang stepped forward and walked to one of the huge stones of ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out his Great Sword from the back and put it to the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Early True Path Stage,\" Sword told Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about the others? Can you make an estimate?\" Shang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are similar in level. If you want the valuable stuff, we need to go deeper into the Crater.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang nodded. \"I just wanted to know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in a long while, Shang was interested in knowing more about his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought that not many people had been here made all of this that much more interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang continued walking forward, but he wasn't walking in a straight line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to his huge Spirit Sense, Shang could avoid being noticed by Late True Path Stage beasts and more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't really care about the Initial to Mid True Path Stage beasts, but the more powerful ones could become troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang wasn't here to fight but to search for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From time to time, Shang felt the senses of a True Path Stage beast focus on him. When that happened, he simply looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the time, the beast would look away again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But of course, there were some that wanted to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang simply released one attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they survived, they would realize they were outmatched and would flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they died, Shang collected the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't really care either way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cling… cling… cling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Shang heard some sounds that sounded like a bigger wind chime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard these sounds, he had to smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Sure enough, just like the book said.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had already found the origin of the sound, and he had been walking toward it for a while now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a bit, Shang arrived in front of a two-meter-tall piece of ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds of wind chimes had become louder and more numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like there was a wall of wind chimes hanging in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang couldn't suppress a grin when he saw the stone in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a vine covering the entirety of the stone, and there were long, metal-like things hanging from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound came from these things hitting each other in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one didn't know any better, one would think that these things were long blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, in fact, they were seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang looked at the wall filled with seeds for several seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wind Blade Seed.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Increases familiarity with swords!'\u003C\u002Fp>",1458,"2026-06-06T04:07:15.357Z",1,"novelbin.me","c5c25db9d51921615f3d5bd088ef06bf870be09144dac9202ebf063c4a04f35a","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-523","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-521",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]