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

Alex put down the first branches, his head turned to one of the edges of the

Green eyes.

Alex knew these eyes.

lizard that had stolen food from him more than once,

entire dynamic had

overpowering. If it hadn't exhausted itself against the

had met, they

the more powerful

his ability to evade the fireballs, and even if he couldn't evade them, he

was dangerous but not nearly

of them knew that Alex was the

in thought as he looked

decided that he

Splosh!

it over to the lizard. The lizard jumped to the side and looked

didn't move and only looked at the

went back

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

PACK!

leg and ran away at full

Alex only smirked.

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

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

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 to use it as a form of oven or dryer. That would make

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

if this will actually work,' Alex thought as he continued building

meters away from

minutes, quite a big fire

grilled them around the fire. However, he didn't

Why not?

a reason

continued to build his hut for

Boom!

something heavy

Alex smirked.

I be happy

next two minutes until

absolutely enormous, and

It was the hedgehog!

why Alex had built the fire so far away from

that the hedgehog had found him the last time due to the fire and smell of

but sat several meters away from the fire, leaving enough space for

looked at Alex for a second and

itself over the fire for several minutes. While warming

more minutes, the hedgehog walked away from