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.

was on top of a sizable hill, and it took

town was definitely bigger than the Southern

was probably several kilometers wide,

weather had

land. It wasn't freezing, but

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

the border between the Ice Wyvern Zone and the Storm

saw something

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

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

wasn't sure, but he believed he had also seen some

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

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

That was it.

he was seeing the power of the

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

"Your first time, huh?"

at one of the guards, who looked at him with

Shang nodded.

the Mana Austerum when they first come here,"

he looked at

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 First Realm are only Apprentices,

reached the third

some seconds, Shang only looked at

you telling me these things?" Shang

was a bit

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

Shang furrowed his brows.

come here several times in the

the guard, and he raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you the new Ice Wood delivery guy?" he said, gesturing towards the

I'm on my way to Warrior's Paradise. All of this

guard became even more surprised, but

get all this Ice

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

he put his right hand to the

Knock, knock, knock.

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