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.

answered. He had noticed that several people knew about the

surprise at Alex's face and squinted his

way older at first glance," the guard

a question,"

the guard

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

uttered as Alex got his attention. "What

weak General Stage kind. It was azure and had eight icicles for legs. It moved very quietly through the night,

captain's eyes narrowed. "You saw an Icy

know the name,"

of the nightly disappearances for a while now, but no one saw anything. They either come back without having encountered anything too dangerous or

of months ago, but apparently, we missed some of

"No problem," Alex said.

in taking part in the hunt for the Icy Grave Widow? You seem pretty strong, and we could need someone like you," the guard captain said.

surprised by the offer, but he immediately shook his head. "Sorry, I'm not suicidal. If that thing

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 we win the

time, and I'm still not very comfortable around

after all. Anyway, as a reward for telling us about the Icy Grave Widow, I'll give you some information for your

"Thanks," Alex said.

for about two days to reach the next town. The town is called Blizzard's Edge

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 a problem for you," the guard

Alex nodded.

of beasts makes this place a haven for bandits. There's a known bandit camp located somewhere between here and Blizzard's Edge, but we haven't been able to find the

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

eyes narrowed while