Sword God in a World of Magic

"The Old Ice Octopus? Do you mean that gigantic octopus in the lake?" Alex asked.

The man slightly narrowed his eyes as he heard Alex's words.

"Yes. What happened to it?" the man asked.

Acting like Alex hadn't seen anything would be too obvious of a lie. After all, the octopus had died, and the destruction it had caused had been massive and loud.

"It was killed by the huge hedgehog," Alex said.

The man raised an eyebrow. "Killed by the Earth Fruit Hedgehog? What happened?" he asked.

"I wasn't there for the entire fight, but I was near the lake. I heard a loud explosion and saw a gigantic octopus jump through the air!" Alex explained animatedly.

"However, something shocking happened after that! Tens of gigantic, long needles punched through the octopus, and I saw it land towards the north of the lake, in the middle of the forest. I saw the gigantic hedgehog charge over to that area, and after a couple more explosions, everything quieted down. I'm pretty sure that the hedgehog has killed the octopus," Alex explained.

The man stroked his beard in thought.

"What you say makes sense, but I need to verify it. Wait here for a bit."

Alex nodded.

Alex wouldn't want to take the risk and flee while the man was away. The man probably had many ways to find Alex again. Fleeing would only awaken suspicion.

The man spoke several words, and this time, it took him nearly ten full seconds to recite them.

Obviously, the spell he was casting was very complex.

Alex felt a storm of Mana coming to the man, and after he finished his spell, the man suddenly started to levitate!

An actual storm picked up around him, and Alex was nearly thrown into the distance.

However, the storm only surrounded the man and lifted him upwards.

The trees violently shook around him due to the storm, and eventually, the man shot into the distance, right above the forest.

Alex's eyes widened in shock.

'He can fly! A human can actually fly in this world!' Alex thought.

Alex had seen the powers the God had shown him, which were obviously superior to this man, but Alex would have never believed that the first human he would see could fly!

Flying!

something every human dreamed of

freedom and power beyond one's

power only

seen, the man arrived at

big area with destroyed trees, and

only searched through the lake since the

would search for an

his gaze, and he saw a

this rock wasn't a rock but

eat something like that, which was why the beak was still

months, the beak still lied there, in the middle

again and flew

nearly blown back as the

at Alex. "You spoke the truth. I couldn't find the Old Ice Octopus, but I found its beak and several holes that are about as wide as the needles of the Earth Fruit Hedgehog. Seems like the hedgehog got quite a

"No wonder the hedgehog acted this uppity towards me this year," he muttered. "It thinks after

"Stupid animal."

his back as he

Alex remembered a peculiarity.

hadn't visited

Did this man…?

happened to

asked with a cold glint in

meat for the hedgehog's fruits several

raised an eyebrow. "Sentiment? For a

Alex didn't answer.

has killed plenty of humans in the Second

Mana, its hunting instinct gets triggered. The hedgehog even killed the person that had fed it for twenty years after he reached the Second Realm," the

remembered how the hedgehog had always smelled him whenever it came

that cute action no

sniffed Alex several times when

fed it for 20 years, he would probably not be

shudder ran

Alex said politely. "Could

seeing the man fly, Alex had become

The man nodded.

Old Ice

to shoot fireballs from its

man scratched

he didn't have an answer

man said. "Fire Tree Lizards normally are not in the basin but in the mountains surrounding the basin. I'm guessing that it accidentally wandered into the basin after being born in one of the

Tree Lizards are beasts of the Second Realm. This means that they will reach the Second Realm as soon as they become adults. And you say that this