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 to

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

end up walking in a direction

Step.

arrived below the tree, and the Stalker was still looking at

still debating if it should

if the

front of

Should it attack?

BANG!

swung with his

immediately jumped

SHING!

Stalker had just been on was

SHING! CRK!

trunk of the tree. The sword got stuck, and Alex used it to

BANG!

away from the tree, pulling his sword out

Stalker had used a similar move back

Fight or not fight?

choice had been taken

at the Stalker as it just landed

SHING!

the Stalker quickly moved

CRACK!

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

BANG!

towards the ground at the

BOOOM!

a cut in the earth. The sound of Alex

immediately

Run!

Too dangerous!

turned around and

BANG!

chased after it

was faster than

a split-second

SHING!

Stalker looked over and saw

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

knew that these kinds of beings needed to use

Maybe it could win?

around to look at

had made

would kill

lost his

over the

BANG!

when the Stalker saw Alex, it was already

hesitation of the

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

Stalker was stunned for a bit, and Alex jumped on its

put his arms through its armpit,

was a full

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

was the best and

fast frame of the Stalker had become its

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

had enough time to study his

in an attempt to bait the Stalker into attacking

more dangerous, direct fight to a lurking

Stalker decided to lurk around some more and strike when

He couldn't risk that.

its forelegs moved to the side,

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