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.

that several people knew about the Warrior Academy and its entrance exams, which was why he didn't add anything to

captain looked with surprise at Alex's face

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

a question," Alex

the guard captain said

"I've spent the last night in the wilds between here and the Central Wild, and that

Alex got

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

eyes narrowed. "You saw an

the

Icy Grave Widow. We've been searching for the cause of the nightly disappearances for a while now, but no one saw

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

"No problem," Alex said.

Warrior Academy, right? Are you interested in taking part in the hunt for the Icy Grave Widow? You seem pretty strong, and we

If that thing were in the earlier levels

"We generally send several warriors in the General Realm to deal with Icy

have to decline," Alex answered. "I've lived in the wilds for a long time, and I'm still not very comfortable around other

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

"Thanks," Alex said.

two days to reach the next town. The town is

any powerful beasts. The Elemental Mana is weak in the atmosphere, and beasts don't like that. You will, at most, see some early

Alex nodded.

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

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

while