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.

on top of a sizable hill, and it took up the entirety

bigger than

that it was probably several kilometers wide, judging

the weather had also

land. It wasn't freezing, but only

dipped in concentration, and a lot of Wind Mana had

the Ice Wyvern Zone and the Storm Eagle Zone,' Shang

saw something

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

it, Shang could see several floating crystals of different colors. The crystals had different shades of

but he believed he had also seen some humans

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

up to now. He had only seen Duke Whirlwind, the elder from

That was it.

now, he was seeing the

Mana was floating around the tower. Sadly, Shang wasn't sure

"Your first time, huh?"

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

Shang nodded.

looks at the Mana Austerum when they first come here," the guard said with a

asked as he looked 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 the Mana Austerum. By the way, with actual Mages, I mean Mages in

a Mage that reached the third Realm can

looked at the distant Mana

telling me

guard was a bit taken

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

Shang furrowed his brows.

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

the new Ice

of this Ice Wood is for paying for my entrance exam

even more surprised, but

this Ice Wood

with you?" Shang asked back

guard said as he put his right hand to the wall

Knock, knock, knock.

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