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 was on a

seen a couple of

anaconda had only been able to shoot some cold

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

could transform its elemental

his sword and

noticed that Alex had evaded, and it quickly formed another

The spear shot forward.

BANG!

with the side of his sword. Alex could have evaded the attack, but he wanted to test if he could block it. It was better to test it from a distance in case his sword broke. If that happened, he

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

into the ground and shot himself

multiplied as he shot towards

roared in aggression as another ice spear materialized, which

CRR!

fell on his ass and continued sliding forward, the spear passing

in front of

BOOOM!

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

exploded in front of Alex as part of the

conviction, even

Conviction!

He had to attack!

as support and threw himself

WHOOSH!

swiped past Alex, barely hitting

hit had already achieved its effect. Alex's sword was thrown to the side. Alex still managed to keep

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

hind legs and tried to swipe at Alex

fast,

his sword in front of himself. He couldn't evade while being in the

CRK!

the ice beneath the bear broke, and the

that, the

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 resist

and pulled itself out of

Alex put his sword into

distance of 20 meters between

turned to

it charged forward, the ice cracking beneath its

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

bear came closer, and Alex used his sword to immediately and sharply

BOOOOM!

the ice, but Alex managed to

around, and the same thing repeated itself once

to hit Alex? It

tried to hit a fly in the air with a

It was difficult.

Why?

of the speed. After all, a

ability to change trajectories

to evade things that were moving

faster than Alex, but Alex's sudden changes of trajectory were

SSSSSS!