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?

happened, Alex would have nothing left

he would only walk forward blindly, in the

he would end up walking in a direction the old

Step.

tree, and the

it should attack him or

the prey

being in front of the

Should it attack?

BANG!

swung with his

Stalker immediately

SHING!

the Stalker had just

SHING! CRK!

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

BANG!

pulling his sword out

Stalker had used a similar move back

Fight or not fight?

had been

the Stalker as it just landed on another

SHING!

Stalker quickly moved along the tree towards the

CRACK!

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

BANG!

shot towards the

BOOOM!

a cut in the earth. The sound

Stalker immediately

Run!

Too dangerous!

and ran into

BANG!

chased after it with

Stalker was

a

SHING!

in front of it. The Stalker looked over and saw the

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

beings needed to

Maybe it could win?

Stalker turned around to look at

had made its

kill this

lost

took over the Stalker's mind as

BANG!

Stalker saw Alex, it was

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

it to the side of

for a bit, and Alex jumped on its

its chest from behind, put his arms through its armpit, and clamped his hands together on the Stalker's

a

using an MMA-move on

was the best

frame of the Stalker had become its undoing. If it were bulkier, Alex couldn't have

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

and as long as he had enough time to

in an

risky, but Alex preferred a more dangerous, direct fight to a lurking

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

He couldn't risk that.

as its forelegs moved to the side, out of

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