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.'

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

Alex's swordsmanship had

continually trained all the different kinds of attacks and moves

long as his movements became more fluid, faster, and more

he had any weaknesses in his movements, but there was no way

weren't smart enough to notice the openings in Alex's

himself through

he wasn't exactly walking

very 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

always traveled through

Why?

Because he needed stealth.

see

no

problems in reaching 50 – 60 kilometers per hour even

the light of day was an advantage instead of

one more reason why Alex hadn't

Powerful predators.

to do with

most predators hunted at

Why?

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

the predators that

to earth and think about what predators were active during

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

the day, but the ones that were

were active during the day, there would be a high likelihood that

to hide were active during

didn't need to hide were active

months, and he had also killed

he had been able to defend against with his new cloak, at least to some degree.

animal as an anaconda lived

since then, Alex hadn't felt challenged

also one of the reasons why Alex came out during the

that he should become more powerful by throwing

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

but not enough

knew that he had to push

wasn't this a prime

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

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

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

rabbits up to now,

He wanted bigger prey.

front of a lake. This was the lake in the

to come here since there were fewer trees in the way. If something traveled across the frozen lake, Alex would

a kilometer wide,

the closer Alex got to the lake, the

the temperature dropping?'

Alex reached the edge of the lake, he felt like the temperature had

What was going on?