Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang continued down the street absentmindedly.

Alex had died.

In fact, Alex had long been dead.

It had always been Shang that had existed in this world, and Shang realized that now.

Earth didn't matter.

Earth might as well not exist.

Earth might as well be a fantasy.

They were memories of a time that had never happened.

It was nothing.

Shang wasn't sure what he was thinking about while he was pulling the sled wagon for several hours.

He only knew that he was thinking but not what.

Shang continued pulling the sled wagon, and it felt easier than before.

It was like a conflict inside him had vanished.

Going forward had become easier.

Shang's mind went back to the events from last night a couple times, but the emotions associated with the event became duller and more distant.

These things had only happened last night, but Shang felt like they had happened an eternity ago.

More merchants passed by Shang, and they all praised him for his actions. However, they didn't throw money at Shang like the first merchant.

They were only happy that there were fewer bandits now.

Shang only looked at the merchants with a distracted expression and only muttered a quiet thanks for their words.

Some of the merchants wanted to start a conversation, but Shang always only gave one-word answers, which essentially made it impossible for a proper conversation to occur.

After a day of pulling, Shang arrived at his destination.

Blizzard's Edge.

of a sizable hill, and it took

bigger than

was probably several kilometers wide, judging from what

weather had

wind went across the land. It wasn't freezing, but only

Mana in the surroundings had severely dipped in concentration,

the border between the Ice Wyvern Zone and the Storm Eagle

something else

huge tower was in the middle of the town. It was still several kilometers away from Shang, but he could still see it due to its sheer size. It was probably several hundred meters tall and over a hundred meters

see several floating crystals of different colors. The crystals had different shades of blue

but he believed he had also seen

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

seen many up to now. He had only seen Duke Whirlwind, the elder from the village, and a couple of Earth Mages in the Central

That was it.

the

Additionally, Shang could feel that a lot of Ice Mana was floating around the

"Your first time, huh?"

one of the guards, who looked at him

Shang nodded.

when they first come here," the guard said with

at the tower again. "What does it

Elemental Mana," the guard explained. "That Elemental Mana is then used for research purposes. I'm not sure what they're researching, but a lot of actual Mages come and go from

Mage that reached the third Realm can truly be called

looked at the distant Mana Austerum

are you telling me these things?" Shang

the guard was a bit taken

a funny one," the guard answered with a smile. "You will come here several times in the future. I only want to make it

Shang furrowed his brows.

I will come here several times in the future?" he

he raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you the new Ice Wood delivery guy?" he said, gesturing

head. "No, I'm on my way to Warrior's Paradise. All of this Ice Wood is for paying for my

surprised, but then, his expression became more

did you get all this Ice Wood

have to do with you?"

put

Knock, knock, knock.

in a certain rhythm, and a couple of other guards appeared on top of the