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.

top of a sizable hill, and it took

town was definitely bigger than the

guessed that it was probably several kilometers wide, judging from what he was

now, the weather

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

dipped in concentration, and a lot of Wind Mana had replaced

at the border between the Ice Wyvern Zone and the

something else

away from Shang, but he could still see it due to its sheer size. It was probably several hundred

floating crystals of different

had also seen some humans

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

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

That was it.

the power

that a lot of Ice Mana was floating around the tower. Sadly, Shang wasn't sure if the tower was absorbing the Ice Mana or

"Your first time, huh?"

over at one of the guards, who looked at

Shang nodded.

it. Everyone always looks at the Mana Austerum when they

looked at the tower

Elemental Mana is then used for 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

Mage that reached the third Realm can

some seconds, Shang only looked at

me these

was a bit taken aback by the

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

Shang furrowed his brows.

with that I will come here several times

you the new Ice Wood delivery guy?"

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

surprised, but then, his

you get all this

it have to do with you?" Shang asked back with

lot," the guard said as he put his

Knock, knock, knock.

in a certain rhythm, and a