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

forward blindly, in the darkness,

up walking in a direction the old

Step.

arrived below the tree, and the Stalker was still looking

if it

tasted incredibly delicious, but if the prey was too dangerous, the

in front of the creature

Should it attack?

BANG!

and swung with his sword at

immediately

SHING!

the Stalker had just been

SHING! CRK!

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

BANG!

shot away from the tree, pulling his sword out

first Stalker had used a

Fight or not fight?

been taken from the

as it

SHING!

cut apart as the Stalker quickly

CRACK!

barely evaded another attack as Alex's sword

BANG!

shot towards the ground at the

BOOOM!

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

Stalker immediately made its

Run!

Too dangerous!

turned around and ran into

BANG!

after it with

the Stalker was faster than

made a

SHING!

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

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

kinds of beings needed to use

Maybe it could win?

Stalker turned around to

had made its

would kill

lost his

took over the Stalker's mind as it saw

BANG!

the Stalker saw Alex, it

and the short moment of hesitation of the Stalker had

and hit it to the side

bit, and Alex jumped on its

arms through its armpit, and clamped his hands together on the

a

an MMA-move on a gigantic, cat-like creature in a

the best and

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

weapon was now the sword, it didn't mean that he

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

in an attempt to

was risky, but Alex preferred a more dangerous, direct fight

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

He couldn't risk that.

as its forelegs moved to the

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