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

was a bit surprised. "That doesn't sound like a lot,"

are a gold coin. One average apple costs one copper coin. Do the math

math, and he took a deep

were equivalent to

on earth. So, five

pay around 10,000 dollars to enter

was a

so expensive?" Alex

person, you better not

weak warrior that can't earn any money will think that this is far too much

Alex nodded.

was actually quite

fact that he had to

about earning

tree called the Dripping Cold Tree. The Dripping Cold Tree absorbs a lot of Mana and converts it to Ice Mana, which is

some of

Warrior's Paradise and sell it to a

supposed to get my hand on a ton of Ice

that make issues. Ask the mayor for

in thought and nodded. "That should work. Thanks!" Alex

he extended his right index finger to show that he

bandits around. It's okay to kill a

pity for someone that just tried to take your life,"

took a deep

on Earth flashed

human before, and he had certainly not

about killing a human, but he knew that it

strength alone, and such a world couldn't possibly be

kill someone for