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.

Alex answered. He had noticed that several people knew about the Warrior Academy and its entrance exams, which was

looked with surprise at Alex's face and

at first glance," the guard

got a question," Alex

guard

the last night in the wilds between here and the Central Wild, and that was

guard captain uttered as Alex got his

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

saw an Icy Grave

know the

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. They either come back without having encountered anything too dangerous or

months ago, but apparently, we missed some of the young," the guard captain added. "Thanks for

"No problem," Alex said.

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

a bit surprised by the offer, but he immediately shook his head. "Sorry, I'm not suicidal. If that thing were in the earlier levels

added. "We generally send several warriors in the General Realm to deal with Icy Grave Widows.

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

only sighed. "Fine, it's your decision after all. Anyway, as a reward for telling us

"Thanks," Alex said.

leave through the southeastern gate, you will have to travel for about two days to reach the next town.

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,"

Alex nodded.

haven for bandits. There's a known bandit camp located somewhere between here and Blizzard's Edge, but we

has lackeys for that. The most powerful bandits you have a chance to

eyes narrowed while the guard