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 of

was definitely bigger than the

several kilometers wide,

now, the weather had also

strong wind went across the land.

had severely dipped in concentration, and a lot of

Wyvern Zone and the Storm Eagle

something else of

the town. It was still several kilometers away from Shang, but he could still see it due to its sheer size. It

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

believed he had

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

had told Shang that his world was filled with Mages, but Shang hadn't seen many up to now. He had only

That was it.

he was seeing the power of the Mages

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

"Your first time, huh?"

the guards, who looked at him

Shang nodded.

it. Everyone always looks at the Mana Austerum when they first come here," the

looked at

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

a Mage that reached the third

seconds, Shang only looked

telling me these

guard was a bit taken

here several times in the future. I only want to make it easier

Shang furrowed his brows.

come here

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

of this Ice Wood is

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

get all this Ice

to do with you?" Shang asked

guard said as he put his right hand to the

Knock, knock, knock.

guard knocked at the wall three times in a certain rhythm, and a couple of