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,

definitely bigger than

probably several kilometers wide, judging from what

weather

went across the land. It

dipped in concentration, and a lot

between the Ice Wyvern Zone and the Storm Eagle

saw something

several kilometers away from Shang, but he could still see it

it, Shang could see several floating crystals of different

believed he had also seen some humans standing

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

world was filled with Mages, but Shang hadn't seen many up to now. He had only seen Duke Whirlwind, the

That was it.

seeing the power of

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

"Your first time, huh?"

guards, who looked at

Shang nodded.

knew it. Everyone always looks at the Mana Austerum when they first come here," the guard said with a

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

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

a Mage that reached the third Realm can truly be

looked at the distant

telling me

second, the guard was a bit taken aback by

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

Shang furrowed his brows.

come here several times in the future?"

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

Warrior's Paradise. All of this Ice

guard became even more surprised, but then, his expression became

you get all this Ice Wood from?" the

do with you?" Shang asked back with

guard said as he put his right hand to the

Knock, knock, knock.

rhythm, and a couple of other guards appeared on top of the walls, crossbows