Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex gathered everything he owned and checked if he got everything.

After looking over his broken shed one more time, he nodded in appreciation.

Then, Alex jogged towards the south.

It had been about half a year since he had arrived in this world, and today, he would finally leave this wilderness!

He had killed the ice bear about two or three months ago, and he had already used up all of the fruits he had gotten from the hedgehog.

Near the end, Alex had realized that the fruits weren't that useful anymore.

He would need over ten fruits for one attempted suicide of training.

That wasn't so bad, and Alex could still get some use out of the fruits.

However, there was a problem.

For the past three days, the hedgehog had refused to appear in front of Alex.

No matter how much he searched or how many fires Alex lit, the hedgehog just wouldn't come out anymore.

Without the hedgehog, Alex's progress had slowed down severely. Now, he could only train with the normal meditation, which felt far too slow to him.

Additionally, Alex hadn't found another beast on the level of the ice bear in the past couple of months.

Sure, Alex had found a couple new creatures, but they were all about as strong as the Stalker.

By now, Alex could beat a Stalker without even needing to use his sword.

His body was just that powerful.

Because of that, Alex had decided that it was time for him to leave the safety of the basin.

It was time to see the wider world!

Alex jogged leisurely, but he still moved faster than the fastest human on Earth could sprint.

The trees acted as obstacles, which made Alex's journey a bit awkward, but he arrived at the edge of the basin in about an hour.

If he could run in a straight line, he could easily get there in less than half an hour.

Alex touched his new coat and kept hold of his sword.

He didn't know what would await him on the other side of the mountain.

The basin was surrounded by mountains, and Alex would be traveling through a natural pathway between two of the mountains. He would need to awkwardly climb to a height of about 500 meters to pass the mountains. That wasn't really hard for his new body, but it was still higher than all of the trees in the forest.

Even more, Alex wouldn't be surrounded by the forest anymore. Any beast would be able to see him as soon as he started climbing the mountain.

Alex still remembered the gigantic lizard he had seen near the mountains on his first day.

Alex was uncertain if he could win against such a beast.

At least, the mystery of why no truly powerful beast entered the basin had been solved.

It was obviously the hedgehog.

In the past, Alex had been unsure of why no powerful beast had been here. After all, the hedgehog couldn't be everywhere at once, right?

Well, in a certain sense, the hedgehog could be everywhere at once.

Its needles could.

would probably hear or smell the gigantic beasts. Then, it would run

needle probably cost it more Mana or energy than the prey was

if it were something like that big

been any powerful sea creatures had also

the basin, and logically, there should be

had obviously been consumed

would probably appear in the basin, but

on attempt, but he wouldn't

basin had become useless to Alex, and it

at the path he would travel to, took a deep

wouldn't go there if I

heart nearly stopped

quickly turned around and saw something

A human!

An actual human!

green robes. These robes reminded Alex of several dramas playing in the

and a black beard, making him

more, Alex felt Mana revolve around the

so

contact in the new world!

said with a slightly raised

was normal to greet others like this on the street. It

in skepticism when he heard Alex's

you doing here?"

noticed that the words didn't sound English, but they felt like English to Alex. The man obviously spoke a different language,

a

a badly

here for the past six months, and I lived in the wilderness to become more

The man nodded.

Alex while reciting some confusing

Alex's hair stood up.

Was that a spell?!

the man attack

side

was surprised as he

only looked at

the man spoke a

take him a second to speak

BOOOOM!

wind appeared behind the man, and his body shot forward

been shot

WHOOOM!

in front of Alex in less than a

as he looked at the man

man had been even faster than

the man said evenly. "My first word was +%&. You

sounded like pure gibberish. It didn't even sound like an actual

against the man if he wanted to try something on

to simply follow

man spoke the same words again, and after a while, Alex felt

Mana, and

confused about what the man was actually

black beard in thought. "It's just as I've

Physi? What's that?"

his eyebrow again as he heard

with this

as in, physical fighter, someone that can't practice Magic," the man

an uncomfortable expression. 'That sounds like a nickname for a group of people in high school or college. Is that how physical fighters are referred to in this