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?

have nothing left to orient himself

only walk forward blindly, in the darkness, in a

would end up walking in a direction the

Step.

arrived below the tree, and the Stalker was still

debating if it should attack

if the prey was too

now, this being in front of

Should it attack?

BANG!

and swung with his sword at the

immediately jumped

SHING!

had just been on was easily

SHING! CRK!

The sword got stuck,

BANG!

shot away from the tree, pulling his sword out while

had used a similar

Fight or not fight?

choice had been taken

as it just

SHING!

was cut apart as the Stalker quickly moved along

CRACK!

evaded another attack as Alex's sword cut through two-thirds

BANG!

shot towards the ground at the

BOOOM!

ground, his sword creating a cut in the earth.

Stalker immediately made

Run!

Too dangerous!

around and

BANG!

chased after it

the Stalker was faster

a split-second

SHING!

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

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

that these kinds of beings

Maybe it could win?

turned around to

made its

kill

lost his most powerful

greed took over the Stalker's mind as

BANG!

just when the Stalker saw

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

had reached the Stalker and hit it to the side of the head with

a bit, and Alex jumped on

he grabbed its chest from behind, put his arms through its armpit, and

a full

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

was the best and most

become its undoing. If it were bulkier, Alex couldn't have used that

the sword, it didn't mean that he couldn't

as he had enough time to study his opponent's

in an attempt to bait

risky, but Alex preferred a more dangerous, direct fight

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

He couldn't risk that.

forelegs moved to the side, out

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