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

he would only walk forward blindly, in the

were that he would end up walking in a direction the old Alex

Step.

and the Stalker was

was still debating if it should

the prey was too dangerous, the

front of the creature felt

Should it attack?

BANG!

swung with

Stalker immediately jumped

SHING!

huge branch the Stalker had just been on was

SHING! CRK!

in the trunk of the tree. The sword got stuck, and

BANG!

pulling his sword

Stalker had used a similar

Fight or not fight?

had been taken from

as it

SHING!

cut apart as the Stalker quickly moved

CRACK!

Stalker barely evaded another attack as Alex's sword cut through two-thirds of the tree's

BANG!

shot towards the ground

BOOOM!

a cut in the earth. The sound of Alex

immediately made

Run!

Too dangerous!

around and ran into

BANG!

it with

was faster

made a split-second

SHING!

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

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

these kinds of beings needed to use

Maybe it could win?

around

made

kill this

human had lost his most

over the Stalker's mind as it saw

BANG!

when the Stalker saw Alex, it

and the short moment of hesitation of the Stalker had given him

to the side of the

for a bit, and Alex jumped on its

chest from behind, put his arms through its armpit, and clamped his

was a

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

best

become its undoing. If

was now the sword, it didn't

MMA-fighter, and as long as he had enough time to study his opponent's body, he

thrown his sword forward in an attempt to bait the Stalker into attacking

Alex preferred a more dangerous,

the Stalker decided to lurk around some more and strike

He couldn't risk that.

to the ground as its forelegs moved to the side, out

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