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.

thought was:

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

reached Alex and bit

SHING!

Time stopped again.

front, right into the creature's white

he was still

noticed why he was still

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

was

sword had gone through

own fall before it had tried

seconds of

"Hurgh!"

able to breathe again as

creature, trying to come

seconds later, Alex pulled himself away and pulled the

SHING!

looked at the

subconsciously conjured a long and sharp

transformed into

the weapon that would follow

came to Alex was:

bit over a meter long, putting it among

thought

straight as a nail and

it had two symmetrical edges, separating it from eastern longswords, like

a longer, straight rapier with

it looked like a thinner European longsword but with

was nearly nonexistent, comprising of just a

as

'Such a thin sword would

hand started to

to just hold it in my right hand

and its tip

moonlight, Alex continued to look

more he looked at it, the

world,' Alex thought. 'The guy said that this sword can grow more powerful by absorbing ore. Additionally, I'm not sure

narrowed eyes suddenly had a glint of excitement in

materials, they might not have made all their swords that thick to

'I should test it.'

Then, Alex stood up.

"Argh!"

as he sat

forgotten that the backside of his right thigh was ravaged. As soon

immense pain, Alex moved his body as he

Alex saw the injury, he took a deep breath through gritted

The gash was massive!

even see his

the

looked up at the tree but remembered that

a bit, Alex finally

over, constantly

he arrived beside his back

the bag, a shiver went through his