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?

Alex would have nothing left to orient

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

end up walking in a direction

Step.

and the Stalker was still looking at

was still debating if it should

prey tasted incredibly delicious, but if the prey was too

front of the

Should it attack?

BANG!

swung with his

Stalker immediately

SHING!

huge branch the Stalker had just been on was easily cut in

SHING! CRK!

to the left, burying it horizontally in the trunk of the tree. The sword got stuck, and Alex used it to reposition

BANG!

tree, pulling his sword

used a similar move back

Fight or not fight?

had been

flew at the Stalker as it

SHING!

was cut apart as the Stalker

CRACK!

sword cut through two-thirds

BANG!

shot towards the

BOOOM!

creating a cut in the earth. The

Stalker immediately made

Run!

Too dangerous!

around and ran into the

BANG!

chased after it

Stalker was faster

made a

SHING!

it. The Stalker looked over and saw the dangerous weapon of the human being stuck in

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

of beings needed to use these

Maybe it could win?

turned around to look

made

kill this

lost his most powerful

over the Stalker's mind

BANG!

when the Stalker saw Alex, it was

hesitation of the Stalker had given

hit it to the side of the head

Stalker was stunned for a bit,

through its armpit,

a full

on a gigantic, cat-like creature in a dark

was the best and

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

sword, it didn't mean that he

he had enough time to study his opponent's body,

in an attempt to bait the

more dangerous, direct fight to a lurking

knew if the Stalker decided to lurk around some more and strike when Alex didn't pay

He couldn't risk that.

ground as its forelegs moved to the side,

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