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.

grabbed some 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 would make all

down the first branches, his head turned to one of

Green eyes.

Alex knew these eyes.

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

the entire

If it hadn't exhausted itself against the wolves, it could

second time they had met, they had been about

was clearly the more powerful one of

lot of confidence in his ability to evade the fireballs, and even if he couldn't evade them, he could still use his sword or cloak to

was dangerous but not nearly as

knew that Alex was the more powerful

scratched his chin in thought as he looked at the

he

Splosh!

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

and only looked

went back

was a bit confused for a while, but it couldn't resist its

PACK!

leg and ran away at full

Alex only smirked.

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

notice that I was weaker without my weapon. I think creatures are more

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 the winter far

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

that's for the future. Right now, I need to see if this will actually work,' Alex thought as

meters away from his hut for a specific

some minutes, quite a big fire roared in

off the Stalker and grilled them around the fire. However, he didn't dry the

Why not?

had a reason for

his hut

Boom!

something heavy hitting the ground

Alex smirked.

works. Should I be happy or

the next two minutes until something appeared at

enormous, and it had

It was the hedgehog!

why Alex had built the fire so far away from his

the fire and smell

sat several meters away from the fire, leaving enough

looked at Alex for a second and

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

some more minutes, the hedgehog walked away from the fire, not destroying it