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.'

of the forest several times by now, and he had somewhat grown accustomed to

swordsmanship had

had continually trained all the different kinds of

his movements became more fluid, faster, and more powerful, his

in his movements, but there was no way to rectify them, even if he had

to notice the openings in Alex's

pushed himself through the

wasn't exactly walking

snow as cover. Because of that, Alex walked with a lowered posture, not showing himself anywhere. He would only

always traveled through

Why?

Because he needed stealth.

the day, Alex's prey would see

was no

had no problems in reaching 50

of day was an advantage instead of a disadvantage

there had been one more reason

Powerful predators.

do with

most predators hunted

Why?

hunted at night. They needed stealth in order to catch their prey

about the predators that hunted

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

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

fewer predators active during the day, but the ones that were active had a higher likelihood of being far more

would be a high likelihood that they would be caught by a bigger predator due

ones that needed to hide were active during

to hide were active during

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

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

such a tropical animal as an

since then, Alex

why Alex came

had told Alex that he should become more powerful by throwing himself into

kept himself hidden during the day, he wouldn't be in any

enough to survive but

he had

wasn't this a prime

harder for a big creature to move around. Additionally, the blizzard would interfere with the eyes, nose, and ears of the

a thin, nearly transparent piece of skin over his eyes. This protected his

thirty minutes, leaving behind a crevice

up to now, but he wasn't interested

He wanted bigger prey.

Alex arrived in front of a lake. This was the lake in

there were fewer trees in the way. If something traveled across the frozen lake, Alex would be able to spot

lake was about a kilometer wide, making it

to the lake, the colder he

the temperature

reached the edge of the lake, he felt like the temperature had dropped by another

What was going on?