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.

After all, when the true winter arrived, the snow would make all the trees wet. Alex needed dry

the first branches, his head

Green eyes.

Alex knew these eyes.

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

entire

first met, the lizard had been overpowering. If it hadn't exhausted itself against the

time they had met,

more powerful

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

was dangerous but not

that Alex was the

thought as he looked at the lizard

decided that he wanted

Splosh!

the Stalker and threw it over to the lizard. The lizard jumped to the side

looked at the lizard for

back to creating his

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

PACK!

the leg and

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

notice that I was weaker without my

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

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

now, I need to see if this

fire over ten meters away from his hut for a

some minutes, quite a big fire

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

Why not?

a

continued to build his hut for

Boom!

distant sound of something heavy hitting the ground

Alex smirked.

Should I

two minutes

enormous, and

It was the hedgehog!

was why Alex had built the fire so far

the fire and smell of meat, and sure enough, the hedgehog had appeared

hide but sat several meters away from the fire, leaving

Alex for a second and then focused

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

away from