Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex looked at the hedgehog, unsure if he was judging its intentions correctly.

Alex pointed towards the spire with his sword and looked at the hedgehog.

The hedgehog didn't react.

It continued looking at Alex with expectation.

'Fuck! Does it want me to get this ethereal spire for it?!' Alex thought.

'Is it forcing me to retrieve it?!'

Alex started sliding towards a different direction of where the hedgehog was.

CREEEAK!

The hedgehog followed Alex's new trajectory, and it quickly arrived at the spot where Alex was sliding towards.

'Fuck! It won't let me go! It will probably kill me if I exit the lake!'

Alex was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

He either had to go against the hedgehog or the thing in the lake.

Both of these creatures were far beyond his capabilities to deal with!

Alex felt stifled and frustrated beyond belief.

Others were deciding his fate!

He hated that!

Alex looked with hate at the hedgehog, but its demeanor didn't change.

It still looked at Alex expectantly.

After a while, Alex clenched his fist.

'If I have to choose, I'll choose to help the hedgehog,' Alex thought. 'The hedgehog has at least rewarded me when I gave it something. Instead, that thing in the lake will probably just ignore or consume me.'

'Sadly, I'm not powerful enough to make demands. I'm completely at the mercy of the hedgehog's whims.'

In the end, Alex shooed the lizard away.

He didn't want it to get hurt.

Alex turned to the ethereal spire, and the lizard understood what Alex meant.

Without hesitation, the lizard shot towards the shore of the lake, vanishing into the forest.

The hedgehog didn't even look at it.

'Sure enough, the lizard only cares about me as long as I'm of use to it. It will abandon me at the first sign of weakness. It might even kill me when I'm showing weakness,' Alex thought.

However, he had already expected something like that.

The lizard wasn't Alex's pet.

It was a wild animal and a reptile on top of that. Reptiles weren't known for their affection towards other animals.

Eventually, Alex moved around the ethereal spire and stopped behind it.

Right now, the spire was in front of Alex, and behind the spire, on the edge of the lake, was the hedgehog.

Alex would speed towards the spire, absorb it, and continue rushing towards the hedgehog.

This was the best method he could come up with.

Alex took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself.

SHING!

Then, Alex put his sword into the ice and shot himself forward.

Alex accelerated as much as he could.

And then, Alex's frozen arm hit the ethereal spire!

WHOOOM!

like the spire had been

ethereal spire became

form changed, and it started to curl around Alex's

band made of paper that was

SSSHH!

be heard as the ethereal form of the

like he was touched by

body wasn't being

into his body. However, the outside of his body

the cold sensation was moving through

the cold sensation enter his head of its own

there seemingly was a blockage

gave up trying to get into Alex's head, and

Alex's left arm regained feeling, and he felt like his arm became

to jerk his

WHOOOM!

wind came out of Alex's left

beneath Alex, and an additional

happened at the

arm instantly

arm felt

Alex had gathered all the cold in his body

was stuck in his shoulder, was melting

worked with the same principles

cold, an air conditioner needed to transport the

was as hot as the outside and the air conditioner was turned on,

hot temperature was

had seemingly done something with the same principle

had cooled the surroundings, resulting

problems right now and didn't have any time

had happened in just three

three seconds after Alex

BOOOOOOOM!

gigantic, brown… boulder-like thing broke through

ten meters tall and nearly

through

this was, and his heart beat

the beak of a

of the octopus was ten

of the

assumed

had grabbed the ethereal spire

looked with

BOOOOOOOM!

the entire lake

had realized that it had caught nothing, and its entire body

couldn't let go of

cost too much Mana

across the lake as a gigantic head came out of the

octopus quickly looked around, and

BOOOOOM!

all punched down at

the ice

its ice powers to increase the hardness

its tentacles down, its body left the water and

50 meters into

Alex's heart nearly stopped.

octopus was too

would catch him

'I'm dead!'

tentacles of the flying octopus

would catch him in a

forward

he saw made him

hedgehog had turned

looking at

widely

And then, everything changed!

BANG!