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 to

only walk forward blindly, in the darkness, in

up walking in a direction the old Alex would have never

Step.

arrived below the tree, and the Stalker was still

it should attack him or

tasted incredibly delicious, but if the prey

being in front of the

Should it attack?

BANG!

and swung with his sword at the

immediately

SHING!

had just been

SHING! CRK!

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

BANG!

shot away from the tree, pulling

used a similar move back

Fight or not fight?

been taken from the

at the Stalker as

SHING!

the Stalker

CRACK!

another attack as Alex's sword

BANG!

the ground at

BOOOM!

the earth. The sound of Alex hitting the ground thundered throughout the

Stalker immediately

Run!

Too dangerous!

turned around and

BANG!

after it

Stalker was faster than

made a

SHING!

front of it. The Stalker looked over and saw the

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

that these kinds of beings needed to use

Maybe it could win?

around to look

had made its

kill

human had lost his

over the Stalker's mind as it saw

BANG!

just when the Stalker saw

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

the Stalker and hit it to

for a bit, and

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

was a full

MMA-move on a

best

fast frame of the Stalker had become its undoing.

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

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

in an attempt

more dangerous, direct fight to a lurking

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

He couldn't risk that.

the ground as its forelegs moved to the side, out

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