Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex stepped onto the ice.

The surroundings became even colder as Alex walked forward.

However, Alex quickly noticed something that would change the entire dynamic of the fight.

Alex nearly fell over as his feet lost their grip.

'It's fucking ice! How could I have overlooked something like that?!' he thought in frustration.

Alex stabbed his sword into the ice. The sword easily entered the ice, almost like it didn't exist.

Then, Alex pushed himself forward, using his sword as an anchor point in the ice.

Alex practiced a bit to get used to his new form of movement.

After some minutes, Alex had a good grasp on how to move properly on the ice. Luckily, the bear was still sleeping. It either didn't notice him, or Alex didn't feel dangerous enough for it to care.

Alex looked at the bear with narrowed eyes. 'It can use its claws to run on the ice. It has the advantage in that sense.'

Then, Alex smirked. 'However, the ice can also be disadvantageous to it if I use it correctly.'

Then, Alex slid forward.

After around 200 meters of gliding across the lake, the bear opened its eyes and lifted its head as it looked at Alex.

Alex's heart jumped as their gazes met.

'Powerful!' Alex thought. 'But I can't always live in safety! If I want power, I have to push myself!'

The two only gazed at each other for several seconds.

CRRRR!

After the bear saw that Alex didn't move, it started to silently growl, the vibrations going across the lake.

'It either feels threatened or annoyed by me,' Alex thought.

Alex continued sliding forward.

When the bear saw that Alex didn't retreat, it stood up as it turned to him. Its growl became louder as it tried to scare Alex away.

Alex came closer.

Now, only 100 meters separated them.

Suddenly, the cold air around the bear transformed into a cold storm.

The bear took a deep breath, and Alex felt his hairs stand on end.

Alex immediately jumped to the side.

SHING!

A spear made of ice whizzed past Alex's body with insane speeds.

BANG!

The spear of ice punched through a tree and got stuck in the tree behind that one.

Alex took a deep breath.

bear was no

kinds of elemental

had seen a couple of times could

been able to shoot

it hadn't been used as a form of attack

its elemental

sword and continued going

Alex had evaded, and it quickly

The spear shot forward.

BANG!

of his sword. Alex could have evaded the attack, but he wanted to test if he could block it. It

shook, and his body got stopped by the power of the spear, but

sword into the ground and shot himself forward with

multiplied as he shot towards

bear roared in aggression as another ice spear materialized, which it then directly shot

CRR!

continued sliding forward, the spear passing over him, freezing

arrived in front of

BOOOM!

himself, and a meaty paw exploded on the ice in front of Alex. If he hadn't stopped himself in time, he would have been

exploded in front of Alex as part of the icy lake

eyes never lost their conviction, even if he

Conviction!

He had to attack!

used his sword as support and threw

WHOOSH!

Alex,

sword was thrown to the side. Alex still managed to keep hold of his sword, but the

had wanted to attack the bear from above, but he just passed it

hind legs and tried to swipe at Alex

incredibly fast, far faster than

couldn't evade while being in the air, which meant that he could only

CRK!

the ice beneath the bear broke, and the bear's hind legs fell

that, the bear's swipe missed

he landed on the other side, sliding away. 'The bear is already incredibly heavy. Obviously, the ice is sturdy and thick, but there has to be a limit to the ice's strength. It can

frustration and pulled itself out of

his sword into the

was now a distance of 20 meters

bear turned

forward, the ice cracking beneath its powerful

used his sword like a ski pole to control his trajectory and speed as he

Alex used his sword to immediately and sharply change his

BOOOOM!

hit the ice, but Alex managed

continued sliding around, and the same thing repeated

to hit Alex?

fly in the air with

It was difficult.

Why?

After all, a

problem was the fly's ability to change trajectories in an

ability to evade things that were moving even faster than

Alex's sudden

SSSSSS!