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.

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

with surprise at Alex's

glance," the guard captain said. "Alright,

a question,"

the guard captain said

the last night in the wilds between here and the Central

guard captain uttered as Alex

Stage spider," Alex said, "and not the weak General Stage kind. It was azure and had eight icicles

narrowed. "You saw an

the name," Alex

side. "Of 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

of months ago, but apparently, we missed some of the young,"

"No problem," Alex said.

interested in taking part in the hunt for the Icy Grave Widow? You

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

General Realm to deal with Icy Grave Widows. It's not about if we get it or if we

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

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

"Thanks," Alex said.

have to travel for about two days to reach the

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

Alex nodded.

weak presence 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

but he only very rarely robs people himself. He has lackeys for that. The most powerful

narrowed while