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 entirety of

town was definitely bigger

kilometers wide, judging

weather

land. It wasn't freezing, but only

Ice Mana in the surroundings had severely dipped in concentration, and a lot

the border between the Ice Wyvern

saw something

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

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

wasn't sure, but he believed he had also

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

with Mages, but Shang hadn't seen many up to now. He had only seen Duke Whirlwind, the elder from the village, and a couple of Earth Mages in the

That was it.

now, he was seeing the power of the Mages

was floating around

"Your first time, huh?"

one of the guards, who looked at him with

Shang nodded.

when they first come here," the guard said

asked as he looked at the tower again. "What does

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

that reached the third Realm can

some seconds, Shang only looked at

are you telling me

guard was a

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

Shang furrowed his brows.

will come here several

Ice Wood

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

but then, his expression became

you get all this Ice Wood from?" the guard

you?" Shang asked

the guard said as he put his right

Knock, knock, knock.

knocked at the wall three times in a certain rhythm, and a couple of other