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

branches, his head turned to one of the edges of

Green eyes.

Alex knew these eyes.

food from him more than once, the one that had shot the fireballs at the

entire dynamic

overpowering. If it hadn't

time they had met, they had

clearly the more powerful one

of confidence in his ability to evade the fireballs, and even if he

dangerous but not nearly as dangerous as a

knew that Alex was the

scratched his chin in thought as he looked at the lizard

he wanted

Splosh!

to the lizard. The lizard jumped to the side and

looked at

Alex went back to

confused for a while, but it couldn't resist its instincts. It carefully

PACK!

and ran

Alex only smirked.

create any kind of connection with them, even when one has them as pets for

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

lizard. If its power increases, I might even be able to use it as a form of

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

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

over ten meters

some minutes, quite a big fire roared

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

Why not?

a

to build his hut for the next

Boom!

distant sound of something heavy hitting the ground could

Alex smirked.

actually works. Should I be

sound grew louder over the next two minutes until something appeared at the edge

absolutely enormous, and it had

It was the hedgehog!

why Alex had built the fire so far away from

due to the

away from the

hedgehog looked at Alex for a second and then focused

last time, the hedgehog warmed itself over the fire

more minutes, the hedgehog walked away from the fire, not