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

bigger than

probably several kilometers wide, judging from what he

weather had also

went across the land. It wasn't freezing,

dipped in concentration, and a lot

the Ice Wyvern Zone and the

something

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

floating crystals of different

sure, but he believed he had also seen some humans standing

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

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

That was it.

he was seeing the power of the Mages

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

"Your first time, huh?"

of the guards, who looked at him with a smirk

Shang nodded.

Austerum when they first come here," the

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

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 Realm. Mages in the First Realm are only Apprentices, and the ones in

a Mage that reached the third Realm

only looked

me these things?"

a second, the guard was a bit

with a smile. "You will come here several times in the future. I only want to make it easier for you to acquaint yourself with the

Shang furrowed his brows.

mean with that I will come here several times in

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

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

more surprised, but then, his expression became more

you get all this Ice Wood from?" the

to do with you?"

he put his right hand to the

Knock, knock, knock.

a certain rhythm, and a couple