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

definitely bigger

several kilometers wide, judging

weather had

land. It wasn't freezing, but only a

in the surroundings had severely dipped in concentration, and a lot of

the Ice Wyvern Zone and the

something

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

see several floating crystals of different colors. The crystals had different shades of blue and

had

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

now. He had only

That was it.

the power of

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

"Your first time, huh?"

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

Shang nodded.

at the Mana Austerum when they first come

he looked at the tower again. "What does it

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, and the ones

the third Realm can

seconds, Shang only looked at the distant Mana Austerum

are you telling me these things?"

second, the guard was a bit taken

several times in the future. I only want to make

Shang furrowed his brows.

do you mean with that I will come here several times in

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

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

became even more surprised, but then, his expression

you get all this Ice Wood

you?" Shang asked back

the guard said as he put his right

Knock, knock, knock.

rhythm, and a couple of other guards appeared on