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?

would have nothing left

would only walk forward blindly, in the darkness, in a random

would end up walking in a

Step.

the Stalker

still debating if it should attack

the prey was too dangerous, the

front of the creature

Should it attack?

BANG!

swung with

Stalker immediately jumped

SHING!

had just been on was easily

SHING! CRK!

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

BANG!

from the tree, pulling his sword out while

Stalker had used a similar

Fight or not fight?

choice had been taken from the

Stalker as it

SHING!

Stalker quickly

CRACK!

barely evaded another attack as Alex's sword cut through

BANG!

shot towards the ground at

BOOOM!

the earth. The

Stalker immediately made

Run!

Too dangerous!

and

BANG!

chased after it with explosive

was

made a split-second

SHING!

in front of it. The Stalker

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

kinds of beings needed to use

Maybe it could win?

turned around to look at

had made

kill

lost

over the

BANG!

Stalker saw Alex, it

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

Stalker and hit it to the side

bit, and Alex

behind, put his arms through its armpit,

a full

sounded ridiculous. Alex was using an MMA-move on a gigantic, cat-like

was the best

thin, stealthy, and fast frame of the Stalker had become its undoing. If

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

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

an attempt to bait the Stalker into

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

lurk around some more

He couldn't risk that.

ground as its forelegs moved to the

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