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:

through Alex's mind, but his mind subconsciously

reached Alex

SHING!

Time stopped again.

his front, right into

was

noticed why he

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

creature was

had gone through

had already stopped its own fall before it had tried to bite Alex.

seconds of

"Hurgh!"

to breathe again as his lung recovered

looked with shock at the creature, trying to

and pulled the sword out of the creature's

SHING!

Alex only looked at the

long and sharp weapon that could

transformed into a weapon fitting

the weapon that would follow him for the rest of his

that came

sword was a bit over a meter long,

second thought

straight as a nail

it had two symmetrical edges, separating it

looked like a longer,

like a thinner European longsword but with the

was nearly nonexistent,

inspected his weapon as he

fragile,' Alex thought as he furrowed his brows. 'Such a thin sword would break

started

to just hold it in my right hand

down, and its tip slightly cut into

shining moonlight, Alex continued to look at the

looked at it, the

that this sword can grow more powerful by absorbing ore. Additionally, I'm not sure if there

suddenly had a glint of excitement in

materials, they might not have made all their swords that thick to begin with. It's already hard enough to wield this sword, even though it's

'I should test it.'

Then, Alex stood up.

"Argh!"

failed as he

forgotten that the backside of his right thigh was ravaged. As soon as he had tried to stand up, burning pain shot throughout his

Alex moved his body

the injury, he took a deep breath through gritted

The gash was massive!

could even see his own

need to drink the

up at the tree but remembered that his branch

area for a bit, Alex finally spotted his bag under

crawled over, constantly being assaulted by

minute later, he arrived beside his back and

the bag, a shiver