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.

was no

elemental powers, but this bear

lizard Alex had seen a couple of times could

been able to shoot some

it hadn't been used as a form of attack but

bear could transform its elemental

tightened the grip on his sword and continued going towards the

Alex had evaded, and

The spear shot forward.

BANG!

but he wanted to test if he could block

body got stopped by the power of the spear, but he

into the ground

instant, Alex's speed multiplied

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

CRR!

forward, the spear passing

in

BOOOM!

ground to stop himself, and a meaty paw exploded on the ice in front of Alex. If he hadn't stopped himself in time, he

front of Alex as part of the icy

eyes never lost their conviction, even if he had several brushes

Conviction!

He had to attack!

as support and threw himself over

WHOOSH!

past Alex, barely

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

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

quickly stood up onto its hind legs and tried to swipe

was incredibly fast,

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

CRK!

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

of that, the

bear is already incredibly heavy. Obviously, the ice is sturdy and thick, but there has to be a limit to

in frustration and pulled itself out

put his sword

distance

bear turned to

the ice cracking beneath its

to control his trajectory and speed as

his sword to immediately and sharply

BOOOOM!

hit the ice, but Alex managed to

sliding around, and the same thing repeated

to hit

a fly

It was difficult.

Why?

all, a human's hand could move faster than

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

to evade things that were moving

was faster than Alex, but Alex's

SSSSSS!