Sword God in a World of Magic

Chapter 20

Alex looked at the Stalker, and the Stalker looked back.

Silence.

Only the cold wind could be heard.

Alex slowly retrieved his sword and held it in his right hand. He no longer needed to carry it with both of his hands.

Step.

Then, Alex slowly stepped forward.

The Stalker looked at him from a distance, silently evaluating him.

In its mind, this animal was small, far smaller than it.

It had seen these kinds of animals before, and they always hunted in groups.

Yet, this one was alone.

From what the Stalker had seen, these animals weren't very powerful. They could only be a real danger in a group.

They were slow.

Their bodies were weak.

Yet, this particular specimen felt different to the Stalker.

More dangerous.

However, the more dangerous this specimen felt, the better its meat would taste.

Such creatures as the Stalkers were drawn to powerful prey. The more powerful the prey, the better.

On earth, predators avoided dangerous prey unless they were really desperate.

But here, things were different.

The more powerful something was, the more Mana it had stored in its body. After all, physical power without Mana took a being only so far. At some point, Mana was necessary to become more powerful.

Because of that, the predators that took more risks and survived had become more powerful and had fathered more offspring.

After many, many years, every animal and creature in this world had the instinct of hunting powerful prey.

This was also why the wolves hadn't retreated when they had been attacked by the lizard.

The lizard had killed two of the four wolves, but the remaining two wolves had still charged at it in a frenzy.

This was how powerful the draw of power was for the creatures and animals of this world.

Alex slowly walked closer as he kept his sword ready, never taking his eyes off the creature.

This was no longer the same Alex that had appeared in this world.

The old Alex had thought about many things.

Family, love, success, money, justice.

However, all of these desires had been replaced with a thirst for power.

People changed over the course of their life, but was such a drastic change in attitude and personality in only a single month normal?

Could he still be considered as Alex?

Or had he already become Shang?

Alex didn't think about these things, but he had long decided that he would only walk forward, never looking backward.

The old world of Alex was slowly left behind as he walked into the darkness before him.

How long would it take until Alex looked back?

Would he have already walked so far that he couldn't see his starting point anymore?

that happened, Alex would have nothing left to

forward blindly, in the darkness, in

were that he would end up walking in

Step.

below the tree, and the Stalker

if it should attack

but if the prey was too dangerous, the Stalker would

this being in front of the

Should it attack?

BANG!

and swung with his sword at

Stalker immediately jumped

SHING!

the Stalker had just

SHING! CRK!

the tree. The sword got stuck, and Alex used it to

BANG!

the tree, pulling his sword out while doing

used a

Fight or not fight?

been

as it just landed on another

SHING!

Stalker quickly

CRACK!

Stalker barely evaded another attack as Alex's sword cut through two-thirds

BANG!

the ground

BOOOM!

the ground, his sword creating a cut in the earth.

Stalker immediately made its

Run!

Too dangerous!

around and ran into the

BANG!

it with explosive

the Stalker was faster than

a split-second

SHING!

hit the tree in front of it. The Stalker looked over

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

of beings

Maybe it could win?

around to look

had made

would kill

human had lost his most

greed took over the

BANG!

Stalker saw Alex,

running, and the short moment of hesitation of the Stalker had given him enough time

it to the side of

stunned for a bit, and Alex jumped

arms through its armpit, and clamped his hands together on

was a full

using an MMA-move on a gigantic, cat-like creature

best and most effective

become its undoing. If it were bulkier, Alex couldn't have

weapon was now the sword, it didn't mean that he

long as he had enough time to study his opponent's body, he could glean the body's

deliberately thrown his sword forward in an attempt to bait the Stalker into attacking

a more dangerous,

the Stalker decided to lurk around some more and strike when Alex didn't

He couldn't risk that.

Stalker flopped to the ground as its forelegs moved to the side, out

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