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.

hill, and it took up the

was definitely bigger than

probably several kilometers wide, judging from what

weather had

land. It wasn't

had severely dipped in concentration, and a lot of Wind Mana had replaced

the Ice Wyvern Zone and the Storm Eagle Zone,'

something else

he could still see it

top of it, Shang could see several floating crystals of different colors.

had also

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

Shang that his world was filled with Mages, but Shang hadn't seen many up to now. He had only seen Duke Whirlwind, the elder from the village, and a couple of Earth Mages in the Central

That was it.

seeing the power

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 giving

"Your first time, huh?"

one of the guards, who looked at

Shang nodded.

Austerum when they first come here," the

at the tower again.

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

reached the third Realm can truly

only looked

are you telling me these things?"

was a bit taken aback by the

one," the guard answered with a smile. "You will come here several times in the

Shang furrowed his brows.

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

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

head. "No, I'm on my way to Warrior's Paradise. All of this Ice Wood is for paying

surprised, but then,

get all this Ice Wood from?"

have to do with you?" Shang asked back

lot," the guard said as he put his right

Knock, knock, knock.

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