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

forward blindly,

he would end up walking in

Step.

below the tree, and the Stalker was still

still debating if it should attack

if the prey was too dangerous, the Stalker would

now, this being in front of

Should it attack?

BANG!

with his sword

immediately

SHING!

branch the Stalker had just been

SHING! CRK!

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

BANG!

the tree, pulling his sword out while doing

Stalker had used a

Fight or not fight?

been taken

Stalker as

SHING!

apart as the Stalker quickly moved along the tree towards

CRACK!

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

BANG!

towards the ground at the

BOOOM!

hit the ground, his sword creating a cut in the earth. The sound of Alex hitting

Stalker immediately made

Run!

Too dangerous!

and ran

BANG!

chased after it with

Stalker was faster

a

SHING!

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

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

that these kinds of beings needed to use

Maybe it could win?

Stalker turned around to look at

made its

kill

had lost

and greed took over the Stalker's mind as it

BANG!

just when the Stalker saw Alex, it

of hesitation of the Stalker

and hit it to the

Stalker was stunned for a bit, and Alex

from behind, put his arms through its armpit, and

a

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

was the best

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

didn't mean that he couldn't use

and as long as he had enough

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

preferred a more dangerous, direct fight to a

knew if the Stalker decided to lurk around some more and

He couldn't risk that.

its forelegs moved to

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