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

was definitely bigger than the

kilometers wide, judging from

weather

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

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

at the border between the Ice Wyvern Zone

something else

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

of

sure, but he believed he had also seen some humans standing

'Mages, huh?' Shang thought.

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

That was it.

seeing the power of

could feel that a lot of Ice Mana was floating around

"Your first time, huh?"

guards, who looked at him with a smirk from

Shang nodded.

Austerum when they first come here,"

as he looked at the tower again. "What

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

third Realm can truly

some seconds, Shang only looked at the distant Mana Austerum

are you telling me

the guard was a bit taken aback by

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

Shang furrowed his brows.

will come here several times in the future?"

guard, and he raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you the new Ice Wood

I'm on my way to Warrior's Paradise. All of this Ice Wood is for paying for my entrance exam for the

even more surprised, but

this Ice Wood from?" the

with you?" Shang asked back with an even

the guard said as he put his right hand to

Knock, knock, knock.

certain rhythm, and a couple of other guards