Sword God in a World of Magic

CRRR! CRRRR!

The sound of something heavy being pulled along the ground resonated throughout the forest. Except for this sound, everything else was silent.

This was the sound of the Stalker's corpse being pulled through the forest.

White snowflakes fell down around Alex as he walked through the deep darkness.

Suddenly, Alex saw a slight golden light coming from the sky. If his eyes hadn't been strengthened, he wouldn't have noticed this little bit of light.

Above the layer of clouds was a golden shooting star, its light barely visible to him.

'A golden shooting star that's so bright that I can even see it through a thick layer of clouds?' Alex thought with furrowed brows. 'That's strange. However, this world is already strange enough. This is just one more oddity added to the pile.'

Alex looked back down.

This golden shooting star didn't concern him.

After a while, Alex arrived at his clearing.

He hadn't seen another animal or creature all this time.

If it had been a month ago, Alex would have met at least one creature that had been drawn to him due to the sound, but Alex's position had changed.

He was no longer the vulnerable, new survivor.

Now, he was one of the hunters of the forest.

A normal animal would be frightened off by the Stalker's corpse, and a powerful creature would be able to feel Alex's power.

Stalkers weren't the most powerful creatures in the forest, but they also weren't weak.

Alex still remembered the two gigantic beasts he had seen when he had just arrived.

If Alex tried to attack them, he wouldn't even know how he had died.

He couldn't possibly fight against such behemoths with his current power.

Current was the keyword.

When Alex arrived at his clearing, he let go of the corpse and sat down beside it.

Shing! Shing!

Alex took out his sword and started to skin the corpse.

In the silent, cold night, only the sound of cutting could be heard.

It was like Alex was the only being in this world as only darkness surrounded him.

After Alex was done with skinning the Stalker, he took the hide and put it near his hut.

dried wood from his wood stock. Alex had gathered a ton of wood the past couple of days. After all, when the true winter arrived, the snow

his head turned to

Green eyes.

Alex knew these eyes.

lizard that had stolen food from him more than once, the one that

the entire

met, the lizard had been overpowering. If it

time they had met,

Alex was clearly the more

fireballs, and even if he couldn't evade them, he could still use his sword or

was dangerous but not nearly as dangerous as a

knew that Alex was the more powerful

in thought as he looked at

decided that he wanted to

Splosh!

grabbed the severed leg of the Stalker and threw it over to the lizard. The lizard jumped to the side and looked

looked at

went back to creating his

bit confused for a while, but it couldn't resist its instincts. It carefully walked closer to the leg, constantly

PACK!

leg and ran away at

Alex only smirked.

creatures. It's nearly impossible to create any kind of connection with them,

The Stalker was also smart enough to notice that I was weaker without my weapon. I think creatures

some kind of cooperation with that lizard. If its power increases, I might even be able to use it as a form of oven or dryer. That would make surviving

cold-blooded by nature, and they would freeze to

now, I need to see if

had placed the fire over ten meters away from his hut for a specific

a big fire roared

Stalker and grilled them around the fire.

Why not?

a reason for

his hut for the

Boom!

of something heavy hitting the ground could

Alex smirked.

works. Should I

next two minutes until something appeared at the edge of

enormous, and

It was the hedgehog!

had built the fire so far away from

found him the last time due to the fire and smell

hide but sat several meters away from the

Alex for a second and then focused

time, the hedgehog warmed itself over the fire for several minutes. While warming itself, it ate

hedgehog walked away from the fire,