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.

transit. I'm selling 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

with surprise at Alex's face and squinted

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

a question,"

guard captain

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

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

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

captain's eyes narrowed. "You saw an Icy Grave Widow?"

don't know the

course it had to be an Icy Grave Widow. We've been searching for the cause of the nightly disappearances for a while now, but no one saw anything.

some of

"No problem," Alex said.

for the Icy Grave Widow? You seem pretty strong, and we could need someone like you," the guard captain said. "Of course, you will

his head. "Sorry, I'm not suicidal. If that thing were in the earlier levels of the General Realm, I could accompany

several warriors in the General Realm to deal with Icy Grave Widows. It's not about if we get it or if we win

and I'm still not very comfortable around other humans. The thought of putting my

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

"Thanks," Alex said.

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

and beasts don't like that. You will, at

Alex nodded.

a known bandit camp located somewhere between here and Blizzard's Edge, but

himself. He has lackeys for that. The most powerful bandits you have a chance to meet should be a group of five led by a

narrowed while the guard