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.

of a sizable hill, and it took

town was definitely bigger than the

probably several kilometers wide, judging from

weather

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

had severely dipped in

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

saw something

Shang, but he could still see it due

it, Shang could see several floating crystals of different colors. The crystals had different shades of blue

wasn't sure, but he believed he had also seen some humans standing near these

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

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

That was it.

seeing the

feel that a lot of Ice Mana was floating around

"Your first time, huh?"

guards, who looked

Shang nodded.

looks at the Mana Austerum when

Shang asked as he looked at the

of actual Mages come and go from the

that reached the third Realm can truly be

Shang only looked at

me these things?" Shang

a second, the guard was a bit

in the future. I only want to make it easier for you

Shang furrowed his brows.

you mean with that I will come here several times in the future?" he

an eyebrow. "Aren't you the new Ice

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

more surprised, but then, his

you get all this Ice Wood from?" the guard

with you?"

put his right hand to

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