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

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

up walking in a direction the

Step.

and the Stalker was still

was still debating if it should attack him

tasted incredibly delicious, but if the prey was too dangerous, the Stalker would

front of the creature

Should it attack?

BANG!

swung with

Stalker immediately jumped

SHING!

just been

SHING! CRK!

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

BANG!

pulling his sword out while doing

used a similar

Fight or not fight?

been taken

as it just landed on

SHING!

branch was cut apart as the Stalker quickly moved along

CRACK!

sword cut through

BANG!

the ground at the

BOOOM!

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

immediately

Run!

Too dangerous!

around and ran into

BANG!

after it with

was faster than

a

SHING!

The Stalker looked

The Stalker stopped.

It wasn't dumb.

of beings needed to use

Maybe it could win?

Stalker turned around to

made

kill

had lost

and greed took over the Stalker's mind as it

BANG!

Stalker saw Alex, it was already

stopped running, and the short moment of hesitation of the Stalker

and hit it to

a bit, and Alex jumped on

through

a full

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

it was the best and most

of the Stalker had become its undoing. If it were bulkier, Alex couldn't have

now the sword, it didn't mean that

MMA-fighter, and as long as he had enough

his sword forward in an attempt to

but Alex preferred a more

decided to lurk around some more and strike

He couldn't risk that.

to the ground as its forelegs moved to the side,

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