Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex started the next day by continuing to pull his sled wagon along the road.

As always, it was very exhausting and boring.

About two hours later, Alex saw the first merchants pass him again on their fancy carriages. The merchants introduced themselves, and the guards following the carriages also shot a short greeting to Alex.

Luckily, no major event took place for the next couple of hours, and Alex safely arrived in the Southern Wild.

As Alex saw the gates of the town, he rubbed the sweat off his forehead.

However, Alex quickly stopped as he noticed his own action.

'Sweat?' Alex thought as he looked at his left sleeve. 'It's been a while since I actually sweated from exertion. The surroundings are always cold enough that I didn't need to sweat.'

Alex pulled his right hand out of his cloak and felt the surroundings.

'It's getting warmer,' Alex thought. 'Even more, it almost feels too hot under my coat.'

'Seems like I'm close to leaving the Ice Wyvern Zone.'

Alex continued pulling the sled wagon towards the Southern Wild. The town didn't really look special. It was like a town after it had gotten warmer after a heavy snowfall.

In short, it looked muddy and dirty.

When Alex came to the northern gate, the guards stopped him and looked through his stack of Ice Wood for anything illegal. Their investigation was pretty thorough, taking nearly five minutes.

"Why do you want to enter the Southern Wild?" the guard captain asked with practiced ease.

for my entrance exam," Alex answered. He had noticed that several people knew about

looked with surprise at Alex's face and squinted his

first glance," the guard captain said. "Alright, you can

a question," Alex

guard captain said

dangers between here and Warrior's Paradise?" Alex asked. "I've spent the last night in the wilds between here and the Central Wild, and that was too close

the guard captain uttered as Alex got his attention.

Alex said, "and not the weak General Stage kind. It was azure and had eight icicles for legs. It moved very

narrowed. "You saw an

the name," Alex

for the cause of the nightly disappearances for a while

we eradicated that pest a couple of months ago, but apparently, we missed some of

"No problem," Alex said.

right? Are you interested in taking part in the hunt for the Icy Grave Widow?

offer, but he immediately shook his head. "Sorry, I'm not suicidal. If that thing were in the earlier levels of

the General Realm to deal with Icy Grave Widows. It's

Alex answered. "I've lived in the wilds for a long time, and I'm still not very comfortable around other humans. The thought of putting my life into the hands of others is something that I'm

"Fine, it's your decision after all. Anyway, as a reward for telling us about the

"Thanks," Alex said.

you leave through the southeastern gate, you will have to travel for about two days to reach

to be careful of any powerful beasts. The Elemental Mana is weak in the atmosphere, and beasts don't like that. You will, at most, see some early or middle Soldier Stage beasts, and those

Alex nodded.

bandits. There's a known bandit camp located somewhere between

should be a Late Soldier Stage Warrior, but he only very rarely robs people himself. He has lackeys for that. The most powerful bandits you have a chance to meet

narrowed while