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

blindly, in the darkness, in a

would end up walking in a direction the old Alex

Step.

arrived below the tree, and the

debating if it

tasted incredibly delicious, but if the prey

this being in front of the creature felt

Should it attack?

BANG!

upward and swung with his

immediately

SHING!

the Stalker had just been on was easily

SHING! CRK!

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

BANG!

the tree, pulling

had used a similar

Fight or not fight?

been taken from

as it

SHING!

Stalker quickly moved along the tree towards

CRACK!

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

BANG!

the

BOOOM!

earth. The sound of Alex hitting the ground thundered

immediately made

Run!

Too dangerous!

around and ran into the

BANG!

it with

the Stalker was

made a split-second

SHING!

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

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

of beings needed

Maybe it could win?

turned around to look at

had made its

would kill this

lost

greed took over the Stalker's mind as it

BANG!

Stalker saw

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

it to the side of

was stunned for a bit,

chest from behind, put his arms through

was a

Alex was using an MMA-move on a gigantic, cat-like creature in a

best and

its undoing. If it were

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

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

an

risky, but Alex preferred a more

to lurk around some more and

He couldn't risk that.

as its forelegs

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