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

Alex's swordsmanship had also increased

any guided training on swordsmanship, but he had continually trained

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

didn't know if he had any weaknesses in his movements, but there was no way to rectify them, even if he had

smart enough to notice

pushed himself through the

he wasn't

Alex walked with a lowered posture, not showing himself anywhere. He

traveled through the

Why?

Because he needed stealth.

the day, Alex's prey would see him

no longer

and he had no problems in reaching 50 –

an advantage instead of

reason why Alex hadn't traveled during

Powerful predators.

did this have to do

most predators

Why?

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

what about the predators that

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 active

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

day, there would be a high likelihood that they would

ones that needed to hide were

need to hide were

in the past couple of months, and he had also killed a gigantic anaconda, which had been a bit more powerful than a normal

ice projectiles at Alex, which he had been able to defend against with his new cloak, at least to

a tropical animal as an anaconda lived in

since then, Alex hadn't felt challenged

was also one of the reasons why Alex came out during the day

should become more powerful by throwing himself

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

was enough to survive but

he had

wasn't this a prime opportunity for

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

transparent piece of skin over his

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

up to now,

He wanted bigger prey.

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

were fewer trees in the way. If something traveled across the frozen lake, Alex would

a kilometer wide, making it neither

Alex got to the

temperature

the lake, he felt like the temperature had dropped by another 20

What was going on?