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 Hegemon of the forest several times by now, and he had somewhat grown accustomed to the terrifying experiences that

had

on swordsmanship, but he had continually trained all the

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

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

creatures weren't smart enough to notice the openings

himself

wasn't exactly walking

of that, Alex walked with a lowered posture, not showing

had always traveled through the forest at

Why?

Because he needed stealth.

Alex's prey would see him

was no longer

problems in reaching 50 – 60 kilometers per hour even

the light of day was an advantage instead of a

reason why Alex hadn't traveled during

Powerful predators.

did this have to do with the time

predators hunted

Why?

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

the predators

what predators

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

day, but the ones that were active had a higher likelihood of being far

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

needed to hide

that didn't need to hide were active during the

past couple of months, and he had also killed a gigantic anaconda, which had been

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

ice projectiles also explained why such a tropical animal as an anaconda lived in such

then, Alex hadn't felt challenged

one of the reasons why Alex came out during the day instead

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

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

but not enough to reach true

knew that he had

a prime

big creature to move around. Additionally, the blizzard would interfere with the eyes, nose,

of skin over his eyes. This

nearly thirty minutes,

rabbits up to now,

He wanted bigger prey.

lake. This was the lake in the middle of the

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

was about a kilometer wide, making

closer Alex got to the

temperature

edge of the lake, he felt

What was going on?