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?

have nothing left to orient himself

only walk forward blindly, in the darkness, in a

he would end up walking in a direction the

Step.

the tree, and the

it should

delicious, but if the prey was too dangerous, the Stalker would

being in front of the

Should it attack?

BANG!

swung with his sword

Stalker immediately jumped

SHING!

Stalker had just been on was easily

SHING! CRK!

left, burying it horizontally in the trunk of the tree. The sword got stuck, and

BANG!

away from the tree, pulling his

Stalker had used a similar

Fight or not fight?

had been taken

as it just

SHING!

the Stalker quickly

CRACK!

another attack as Alex's sword cut through two-thirds of the

BANG!

towards the ground at the

BOOOM!

creating a cut in the earth. The sound

Stalker immediately made its

Run!

Too dangerous!

and ran into

BANG!

chased after it with

was faster than

a split-second

SHING!

the Stalker and hit the tree in front of it. The Stalker looked over and saw the dangerous weapon of the

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

of beings needed to use

Maybe it could win?

Stalker turned around

made its

kill this

lost his most powerful

the

BANG!

the Stalker saw Alex, it was

short moment of hesitation of the Stalker had given him enough time

the Stalker and hit it to the side of the

stunned for a bit, and

his arms through its armpit,

was a full

ridiculous. Alex was using an MMA-move on a gigantic, cat-like creature in a dark

best

stealthy, and fast frame of the Stalker had become its undoing. If it

Alex's weapon was now the sword, it didn't mean that he couldn't use other

he had enough time to study

an attempt to

preferred a more dangerous, direct fight to a

to lurk around some more and strike

He couldn't risk that.

its forelegs moved to the side, out of its

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