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.

top of a sizable hill,

town was definitely bigger than the

it was probably several kilometers wide, judging from

weather

land. It wasn't freezing, but

severely dipped in

border between the Ice Wyvern Zone and

also saw something else

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

see several floating crystals of different colors. The crystals had different

he had also seen some humans standing

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

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

That was it.

now, he was seeing the

a lot of Ice Mana was floating around the tower. Sadly, Shang wasn't sure if the tower was absorbing

"Your first time, huh?"

looked over at one of the guards, who looked at him with

Shang nodded.

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

looked at the

distills Elemental Mana," the guard 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,

a Mage that reached the third Realm can

some seconds, Shang only looked at the

telling me these things?"

a second, the guard was a bit taken

a funny one," the guard answered with a smile. "You will come here several times in the future. I only want to make it

Shang furrowed his brows.

mean with that I will come here several times in the

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

Warrior's Paradise. All of this Ice Wood is for paying for

even more surprised, but then,

get all this Ice Wood from?" the

does it have to do with you?" Shang asked back with an even

said as he put his right hand to the wall

Knock, knock, knock.

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