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?

Alex would have nothing

forward blindly, in the darkness,

he would end up walking in a

Step.

the tree, and the Stalker was still looking at

was still debating if it should attack him

prey tasted incredibly delicious, but if the prey was

being in front of the creature

Should it attack?

BANG!

swung with his sword

Stalker immediately

SHING!

had just been

SHING! CRK!

his sword to the left, burying it horizontally in the trunk of the tree. The sword got stuck, and Alex used it to reposition his body, putting

BANG!

pulling his sword out while

Stalker had used a similar move

Fight or not fight?

choice had been taken from the

as it just landed

SHING!

branch was cut apart as the Stalker quickly moved along the tree

CRACK!

attack as Alex's sword cut through

BANG!

the ground at

BOOOM!

sword creating a cut in the earth. The sound of Alex hitting

immediately made

Run!

Too dangerous!

and

BANG!

it

was faster

a

SHING!

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

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

that these kinds of beings needed to use these

Maybe it could win?

Stalker turned around to look at

had made its

kill this

lost his most powerful

took over the Stalker's mind as it saw

BANG!

when the Stalker saw Alex, it was

hadn't stopped running, and the short moment of hesitation of the Stalker had given him enough time to catch

reached the Stalker and hit it to

bit,

behind, put his arms through

a full

MMA-move on a

the best

become its

the sword, it didn't mean that he couldn't use other weapons as

was a trained MMA-fighter, and as long as he had enough time to study his opponent's body, he could glean

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

a more

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

He couldn't risk that.

Stalker flopped to the ground as its forelegs moved

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