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.

this Ice Wood in Warrior's Paradise for my entrance exam," Alex answered. He had noticed that several people knew about the Warrior Academy and its entrance exams, which was why

at Alex's face and squinted

way older at first glance," the guard captain said. "Alright, you

got a question,"

guard captain said

dangers between here and Warrior's Paradise?" Alex asked. "I've spent the last night in

the guard captain uttered as Alex got his attention. "What

Stage kind. It was azure and had eight

narrowed. "You saw

know the name,"

side. "Of course it had to be an Icy Grave Widow. We've been searching for the cause of the nightly

missed some of the young," the guard captain added. "Thanks for

"No problem," Alex said.

Are you interested in taking part in the hunt for the Icy Grave

I'm not suicidal. If

be guaranteed," the guard captain added. "We generally send several warriors in the General Realm to deal with Icy Grave Widows. It's not about if we get it or if

I still have to decline," 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 not

some seconds of silence, the guard captain only sighed. "Fine, it's your decision after all. Anyway, as a reward for telling us about the Icy Grave

"Thanks," Alex said.

the southeastern gate, you will have to travel for about two days to reach the next town. The town is called Blizzard's Edge due to its proximity to

have 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 shouldn't be

Alex nodded.

There's a known bandit camp located somewhere between here and Blizzard's Edge, but we haven't

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 should be a group of five

eyes narrowed while the