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

town was definitely bigger

was probably several kilometers wide, judging from what he was

the weather had also

wind went across the land. It wasn't freezing, but only

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

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

saw something else of

was in the middle of the town. It was still several kilometers away from Shang, but he could still see it due

several floating crystals of different colors. The crystals

had also seen some humans standing

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

many up to now. He

That was it.

now, he was seeing the power of

was humongous and 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 giving it

"Your first time, huh?"

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

Shang nodded.

at the Mana Austerum when they first come here," the guard said with

as he looked at the tower again. "What

come and go from the Mana Austerum. By the way, with actual Mages,

Mage that reached the third Realm can truly be

only looked at the distant

telling me these

guard was a bit taken aback by

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

Shang furrowed his brows.

come here several times in

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

to Warrior's Paradise. All of this Ice

more surprised, but then, his expression became

you get all this Ice Wood from?"

with you?" Shang asked back

guard said as he put his right hand to the wall behind

Knock, knock, knock.

the wall three times in a certain rhythm, and a couple of other guards appeared on top of the walls, crossbows in