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.

town was on top of a sizable hill, and it took up the

town was definitely bigger

that it was probably several kilometers wide,

weather had

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

in concentration, and a lot of

between the Ice Wyvern Zone and

something else

the town. It was still several kilometers away from Shang, but he could

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

sure, but he believed he had also seen some humans

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

that his world was filled with Mages, but Shang hadn't seen many up to now. He had only seen Duke Whirlwind, the

That was it.

he was seeing the power of

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

"Your first time, huh?"

one of the guards, who looked at him with

Shang nodded.

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

as he looked at the tower again. "What does

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

a Mage that reached the third

seconds, Shang only looked at the

are you telling me

was a bit taken aback by

the guard answered with a smile. "You will come here several times in the future.

Shang furrowed his brows.

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

an eyebrow. "Aren't you the new Ice Wood delivery guy?" he said, gesturing towards the sled wagon full of

Paradise. All of this Ice Wood is for paying for my entrance exam for the

more surprised, but then,

all this Ice Wood from?" the guard

you?" Shang

put his right hand to the wall behind

Knock, knock, knock.

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