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.

sizable hill, and it took up the

definitely bigger than the Southern

it was probably several kilometers

the weather had

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

had severely dipped in concentration, and a lot of

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

also saw something else of

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

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

sure, but he believed he had also seen some humans standing

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

to now. He had only seen Duke Whirlwind, the elder from the village, and

That was it.

now, he was seeing the power of

Ice Mana was floating around the tower. Sadly,

"Your first time, huh?"

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

Shang nodded.

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

as he looked at the tower again. "What

researching, but a lot of actual Mages come and go from the

reached the third

only looked

you telling me these things?"

a second, the guard was a bit taken aback by the

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 future?"

the new Ice Wood delivery guy?" he said, gesturing towards

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

surprised, but then, his expression became

all this Ice Wood from?" the guard

it have to do with you?" Shang asked back

lot," the guard said as he put his right hand to the

Knock, knock, knock.

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