Sword God in a World of Magic

The outside world didn't look much different from the basin. It basically only had fewer trees.

There was still a lot of snow everywhere, and the majority of trees were conifers.

One difference of note was the general changes of elevation. The basin had only had mountains around it, and the inside of the basin had been rather even.

In contrast, the outside had far more mountainous terrain. Hills stretched across the landscape, and Alex could see some mountains.

Alex hadn't been to Alaska on Earth, but he assumed that Alaska would look a bit like that.

In the distance, Alex saw a small village.

The village was built on the side of a hill, and he could see around 100 houses made of stone.

Obviously, it was a rather small village.

"That's Coldew Village. You can ask for directions to Warrior's Paradise there," the guard said.

"How did you know that I want to go to Warrior's Paradise?" Alex asked.

"The Duke wrote in his letter that you wanted to join his academy. By the way," the guard said as he remembered something. "You might want to stay at Coldew Village for a while and earn some money."

"Money? Why?" Alex asked.

"The yearly exams for the academy have only recently finished. You either need to wait about eleven months or get some money for a special exam."

Alex didn't like what he had just heard.

This really was bad timing.

"Money, huh?" Alex said.

The guard laughed. "Yep, money is always a problem. It doesn't matter how powerful you become or what job you have. You always need money," the guard said.

much do I need?"

coins," the guard

a bit surprised. "That doesn't

guard scoffed. "100 copper coins are a silver coin. 100 silver coins are a gold coin. One average apple costs one copper coin. Do the math

and he took

gold coins were equivalent

had cost around 20 cents on earth.

would have to pay around 10,000 dollars to

a lot of

is it so expensive?"

academy to hold a test for only one person, you better not be a weakling. Strong warriors can earn a

can't earn any money will think that this is far too much money, but a strong warrior can deal with the

Alex nodded.

actually quite

didn't stop Alex from hating the fact that he had to get so

about

famous for its Ice Wood. Ice Wood comes from a tree called the Dripping Cold Tree. The Dripping Cold Tree absorbs a lot of Mana and converts it to Ice Mana, which is then stored in its wood. Ice Mages need

said, "you say I should get some of that Ice Wood and sell

Warrior's Paradise and sell it to a

to get my hand on a ton of Ice Wood?" Alex

the wilderness, and there are plenty of beasts that make issues. Ask the mayor for any troublesome beasts and kill them. Say you want to be paid in Ice Wood, and everything will be fine,"

chin in thought and nodded. "That should work.

extended his right index finger to show that he had one more

a lot of bandits around. It's

someone that just

took a

Earth flashed through his

killed a human before, and he had certainly

nervous when he thought about killing a human, but he knew that it was

world ruled on strength alone, and such a world

kill someone for more