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?

happened, Alex would have nothing left to orient

only walk forward blindly, in the darkness,

he would end up walking in a direction

Step.

the tree, and the Stalker was still looking at

still debating if it should attack

incredibly delicious, but if the prey

now, this being in front

Should it attack?

BANG!

jumped upward and swung with his sword at the

Stalker immediately jumped

SHING!

just been on was easily cut

SHING! CRK!

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

BANG!

from the tree, pulling his sword

had used a similar

Fight or not fight?

choice had been

flew at the Stalker as it just landed on another

SHING!

branch was cut apart as the Stalker

CRACK!

attack as Alex's sword cut

BANG!

shot towards the ground at

BOOOM!

sword creating a cut in the earth. The sound of Alex hitting the ground thundered

Stalker immediately made

Run!

Too dangerous!

around and ran

BANG!

after it with explosive

was faster than

made a

SHING!

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

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

of beings needed to

Maybe it could win?

turned around to look

made its

would kill

human had lost his

and greed took over the Stalker's mind as it saw

BANG!

saw Alex, it

short moment of hesitation of the Stalker had given him enough time to catch up with

hit it to the

a bit, and Alex jumped on

his arms through its armpit,

was a

on a gigantic, cat-like creature in

was the best and

its undoing. If it were bulkier,

was now the sword, it didn't

enough time to study his opponent's body,

his sword forward in an attempt

but Alex preferred a more dangerous, direct fight to a lurking

decided to lurk around

He couldn't risk that.

its forelegs

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