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.

gathered a ton of wood the past couple of days. After all, when the true winter arrived, the snow would make all the trees wet.

first branches, his head turned to

Green eyes.

Alex knew these eyes.

from him more than once, the one

entire dynamic

If it hadn't exhausted

they had met, they had been

clearly the more powerful one of

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

dangerous but not

of them knew that Alex was the more

thought as he looked at

decided that he

Splosh!

over to the lizard. The lizard

looked at the

back

couldn't resist its instincts. It carefully walked closer to the leg, constantly keeping an eye

PACK!

the leg and ran away

Alex only smirked.

earth are solitary creatures. It's nearly impossible to create any kind of connection with them, even when one has

is different from earth. The Stalker was also smart enough to notice that I was

knows? Maybe if I work hard enough, I can build some kind of cooperation with that lizard. If its power increases, I might even be able

such a cold climate. Most reptiles are cold-blooded by nature, and they would freeze to death in these temperatures.

now, I need to see if this will actually work,'

over ten meters away from his hut

quite a big fire roared in front of

some parts off the Stalker and grilled them around

Why not?

had a reason for

to build his

Boom!

of something heavy hitting the ground could

Alex smirked.

Should I

minutes until something

absolutely enormous, and it had gigantic,

It was the hedgehog!

had built the fire

time due to the fire and smell of

away from the fire, leaving

at Alex for a second

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

some more minutes, the hedgehog walked away from the