Sword God in a World of Magic

Time froze for Alex.

He only looked into the blank, white eyes of the… creature.

Yes, this was a creature, not an animal.

Just looking at it filled Alex with terror.

This thing differed greatly from a normal animal. Alex wasn't sure what exactly it was, but he felt a definite difference.

The green lizard had also felt different from normal animals, and this creature evoked a similar feeling as the lizard.

However, this creature felt far more powerful and far deadlier.

It was like the lizard and the creature were not on the same level.

An eternity seemed to pass as the two beings only looked at each other.

Ssshhh!

Time resumed as the creature suddenly jumped at Alex with ferocious speed. The jump made no sound. One could only hear something fast parting the air, nothing more.

Alex's body reacted instinctively, and Alex let himself fall away from the branch, putting the branch between him and the creature.

BANG!

The creature's left foreleg completely destroyed the thick branch that had been powerful enough to support Alex's full weight for hours.

CRSH!

Alex felt a burning pain assault the back of his thighs as muscles and blood were ripped out.

The creature had torn off a huge part of Alex's thigh.

If the branch hadn't been between them, his legs would have been completely destroyed!

BANG!

Alex's back hit the ground, pressuring his lungs, making it impossible to breathe.

Crsh!

The silent sound of wood being crushed could be heard as the creature used its long claws to stick to the tree.

Right now, Alex lay on the ground, not being able to breathe. His right thigh had a gigantic gash in it.

Meanwhile, the creature stopped in the tree and looked at Alex.

Then, it jumped again.

Alex's mind fell into chaos.

For a seemingly long time, his mind couldn't conjure up any rational thoughts as he tried to find a way out of this situation.

The distance between Alex and the creature reduced rapidly as the creature opened its mouth, filled with long, terrifying teeth.

When Alex saw the teeth, only two thoughts appeared in his head.

The first thought was: Protect!

Alex's hands stretched towards the creature in a futile effort to defend himself.

second thought was:

shot through Alex's mind, but his mind subconsciously fixated on the image of a

reached Alex and bit

SHING!

Time stopped again.

with terror at his front, right

he was

noticed why he

had materialized in Alex's right hand, and the black sword had

was

sword had gone through

its own fall before it had tried to bite Alex. Because of that, its

seconds of silence

"Hurgh!"

to breathe again as his lung recovered

the creature, trying to come to

away and pulled the

SHING!

looked at the

had subconsciously conjured a long and sharp weapon that could be used in

into a weapon

the moonlight, Alex saw the weapon that would follow him

thought that came to Alex

was a bit over a meter long, putting it

thought

was straight as

two symmetrical edges, separating it from eastern longswords,

a longer, straight rapier with

that it looked like a thinner European longsword but with

was nearly nonexistent, comprising of just

as he

as he furrowed his brows. 'Such a thin sword would break apart after

hand started to

heavy. It's even hard to just hold it

and its tip slightly

continued to look at the

at it, the better

Alex thought. 'The guy said that this sword can grow more powerful by absorbing ore. Additionally, I'm not sure if there even exists a material in

eyes suddenly had a glint of excitement in

had access to such powerful materials, they might not have made all their swords that thick to begin with. It's already hard enough to wield

'I should test it.'

Then, Alex stood up.

"Argh!"

failed as he sat

was ravaged. As soon as he had tried to stand up, burning

pain, Alex moved his body as he

the injury, he took a deep breath

The gash was massive!

could even see

drink the healing

at the tree but remembered that

looking around the area for a bit, Alex finally

over, constantly being

beside his back and

into the bag, a shiver went through