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.

a sizable hill, and it took up the entirety of

definitely bigger than the Southern

kilometers wide, judging from what he was

weather

wind went across the land.

Mana in the surroundings had severely dipped in

border between the Ice Wyvern Zone and the

something else

but he could still see it due to

it, Shang could see several floating crystals of different

he had

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

now. He had only

That was it.

he was seeing the power of the

a lot of Ice Mana was floating around the tower. Sadly, Shang wasn't sure if the tower was absorbing

"Your first time, huh?"

the guards, who looked at him with a smirk from the

Shang nodded.

looks at the Mana Austerum when they first

Austerum?" Shang asked as he looked at the tower again. "What does it

purposes. I'm not sure what they're researching, but a lot of actual Mages come and go from the Mana Austerum. By the way, with actual Mages,

Mage that reached the third Realm can truly be

Shang only looked at

telling me these

the guard was a bit

times in the future. I only want to make it easier for you to acquaint yourself with

Shang furrowed his brows.

will come here several times

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

way to Warrior's Paradise. All of

even more surprised, but then, his expression became

this Ice Wood from?"

to do with you?" Shang

lot," the guard said as he put his right hand to the wall

Knock, knock, knock.

three times in a certain rhythm, and a couple of other guards appeared on top of the walls, crossbows