Sword God in a World of Magic

Snow stormed throughout the forest.

The ground was covered with nearly a meter of snow, and the trees had transformed into silhouettes of ice and snow.

It was the height of winter.

It had been about four months since Alex had arrived in this world.

Currently, it was noon. Sadly, the sun couldn't be seen clearly as a violent blizzard stormed throughout the forest.

Judging by the nearly horizontal icicles on the trees, this blizzard had been going on for a long time already.

CRK! CRK!

Suddenly, something pushed the snow beneath a huge, dead tree to the side.

An opened door was revealed, which led to a small, warm area beneath the tree without snow.

A figure cloaked in black stepped out of the area.

Everything about the figure had been hidden by black fur, including the figure's head.

The figure looked like a faceless shadow of fur.

This was Alex.

Alex had finished his hut in time, but the hut hadn't been able to resist the storms in the winter, which was why it had collapsed.

Now, Alex only lived in a tiny "room" at the bottom of the dead tree. Only a diagonal barrier of wood protected him from the cold snow.

This was the best Alex could do in this situation.

Luckily, it was effective enough.

Right now, the temperatures even reached -40 degrees Celsius, which was frightening for someone living outside.

However, Alex didn't feel cold at all.

Something was keeping him warm, even while traveling through the forest.

Alex slowly stepped through the forest.

Why was Alex walking through this blizzard?

Because he had no other choice.

Alex's food had run out several days ago, and he had wanted to wait for the blizzard's end.

However, the blizzard just didn't end.

A conspicuous, dark shadow traveled across the snowy forest, the only dark thing in sight.

It was an oddity.

'I need food,' Alex thought. 'As soon as I get some food, I can continue training.'

Hegemon of the forest several times by now, and

swordsmanship had

he had continually trained all the different kinds of

more fluid, faster, and

if he had any weaknesses in his movements, but there

enough to notice the openings in Alex's

pushed himself

he wasn't exactly

high, and Alex decided to use the snow as cover. Because of that, Alex walked with a lowered posture, not showing himself anywhere. He would only raise his head above the snow cover occasionally to search for

through the

Why?

Because he needed stealth.

would see him from a distance and

was no longer

body had become terrifyingly powerful, and he had no problems in reaching 50 – 60

the light of day was an

more reason why Alex hadn't traveled

Powerful predators.

did this have to do with the

predators hunted

Why?

the same reasons as Alex had hunted at night. They needed stealth in order to catch their prey and run

predators that hunted during

to earth and think about what predators were active during the night and which predators were active during

the night were mostly small animals like weasels, for example. Yet, bears were

fewer predators active during the day, but the ones that were active

if a weaker predator were active during the day, there would be a high likelihood that they would be caught by

needed to hide were active

didn't need to hide were active during the

and he had also killed a gigantic anaconda, which had been a bit more powerful than a normal

anaconda had shot ice projectiles at Alex, which he had been able to defend against with his new cloak, at least to some degree. The projectiles still shot through Alex's cloak, but he hadn't

a tropical animal as an anaconda lived in such a

then, Alex hadn't felt challenged

reasons why Alex came out during the day

that he should become more powerful by throwing himself

long as Alex kept himself hidden during the day, he wouldn't

to survive but not enough to

knew that he had to

wasn't this a prime opportunity

harder for a big creature to move around. Additionally,

Alex had a thin, nearly transparent piece of skin over his eyes.

traveled through the snowy forest for nearly thirty minutes, leaving behind a crevice in the snow

had seen about two white rabbits up to now,

He wanted bigger prey.

of a lake.

If something traveled across the frozen lake, Alex would be able to

about a kilometer wide, making

closer Alex got to the

temperature dropping?' Alex

Alex reached the edge of the lake, he felt

What was going on?