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

town was definitely bigger

was probably several kilometers

the weather had

the land. It wasn't

the surroundings had severely dipped in concentration, and

Wyvern Zone and

saw something

of the town. It was still several kilometers away from Shang, but he could still see it due

several floating crystals of different colors. The crystals had

believed he had also seen some humans standing near these

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

Mages, but Shang hadn't seen many up to now. He

That was it.

was seeing the power of the

and imposing. Additionally, Shang could feel that a lot of Ice Mana was floating around the tower. Sadly, Shang wasn't sure if the tower was absorbing the Ice Mana or giving it

"Your first time, huh?"

looked over at one of the guards, who looked at him with a smirk

Shang nodded.

Austerum when

looked at

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 the Mana Austerum. By the way, with actual Mages, I mean Mages in the Third

Mage that reached the third Realm can truly be called a

seconds, Shang only looked at the distant Mana Austerum

me these things?" Shang

second, the guard was a bit taken aback

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

Shang furrowed his brows.

do you mean with that I will come here several

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

my way to Warrior's Paradise. All of this Ice Wood is

guard became even more surprised, but then, his

you get all this Ice Wood from?" the guard

with you?" Shang

put his

Knock, knock, knock.

rhythm, and a couple of other guards appeared on top of