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.

of a sizable hill, and it took up the

bigger

that it was probably several kilometers wide, judging from what he

weather

moderately strong wind went across the land. It wasn't freezing,

Mana in the surroundings had severely dipped in

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

saw something else

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 over

could see several floating crystals of different colors.

wasn't sure, but he believed he had also

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

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

That was it.

was seeing the

could feel that a lot of Ice Mana was floating around the tower. Sadly, Shang wasn't

"Your first time, huh?"

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

Shang nodded.

it. Everyone always looks at the Mana Austerum when

he looked at the tower again. "What

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

that reached the third Realm can truly be called a

seconds, Shang only looked at the

you telling me these

a

with a smile. "You will come here several times in the future. I

Shang furrowed his brows.

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

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

way to Warrior's Paradise. All of this Ice

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

get all this Ice Wood

do with you?" Shang asked back

guard said as he put his

Knock, knock, knock.

the wall three times in a certain rhythm, and a couple of other guards