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!

the

ethereal spire became

changed, and it started to curl

made of paper that was being pulled

SSSHH!

of sizzling could be heard as the ethereal form of the spire

like he was touched

wasn't being frozen

body. However, the outside

sensation was

felt the cold sensation enter his head of its own

there seemingly was a blockage

up trying to get

felt like his arm became

jerk his left

WHOOOM!

a terrifyingly cold wind came out of

beneath Alex, and an additional layer

something shocking happened at the

instantly warmed

arm felt quite

was like Alex had gathered all the

which was stuck in his shoulder, was melting

arm had worked with the same principles as

make a room cold, an air conditioner needed to transport the heat

air conditioner was turned on, the inside would become colder, and

hot temperature was

had seemingly done something with the same principle

cooled the surroundings, resulting in his

right now and didn't have any time to analyze this right

had happened in just three

Alex absorbed the

BOOOOOOOM!

thing broke through the

over ten meters tall and

line went through the boulder-like

this was, and his heart beat fiercely in

beak of a gigantic octopus!' he

the beak of the octopus was ten

beak had punched through the middle of the lake, and it had closed around

had probably assumed that Alex was

the ethereal spire while

with terror

BOOOOOOOM!

entire lake

gigantic octopus had realized that it had caught nothing,

let go of its

much Mana to condense

stretched across the lake as a gigantic

octopus quickly looked around, and they immediately

BOOOOOM!

all punched down

ice

its ice powers to increase the

tentacles down, its body left the water and flew towards

over 50 meters into

Alex's heart nearly stopped.

octopus was

catch him

'I'm dead!'

the flying

would catch him in a

looked forward

what he saw

hedgehog had turned

even looking

eyes opened widely with

And then, everything changed!

BANG!