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

bigger than the

was probably several kilometers wide, judging from what

now, the weather had

strong wind went across the land. It wasn't

in concentration, and a lot of

Wyvern Zone and the Storm Eagle

also saw something else

Shang, but he could still see it due to its sheer size. It was probably several hundred meters tall and

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

believed he had also seen some humans standing

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

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

That was it.

he was seeing the

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

"Your first time, huh?"

looked over at one of the guards, who looked

Shang nodded.

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

looked at the

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 in the Second Realm

reached the third Realm can truly be called

some seconds, Shang only looked at

telling me these things?"

guard was a bit

"You will come here several times in the future. I only want to make

Shang furrowed his brows.

mean with that I will come here several times in

confused the 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

more surprised, but then, his

all this Ice Wood

with you?" Shang asked back with an even

guard said as he put his

Knock, knock, knock.

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