Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex ran towards the village. He actually didn't need to run since he had plenty of time, but Alex just couldn't control himself after arriving in an area without an overwhelming number of trees.

'I can run so fast!' Alex thought with exhilaration.

As Alex ran down the hill, some birds living in cold climates flew above him. They were searching for prey, but there was not much prey during the cold.

The winter was slowly making way for spring, but spring wasn't completely there yet. If Alex had to put a month to the current weather, he would say it would be the end of February or the start of March.

Alex ran for about fifteen minutes, and he arrived at the village far too early.

In a sense, Alex had wished to run more.

'I can always run more later,' Alex thought with a smile.

As Alex came to the village, he noticed that there were no guards.

There were also no pedestrians.

In fact, there was no one.

Alex blinked a couple of times in confusion.

'That's weird. I was sure I saw some people walking around.'

Alex looked around the abandoned village and thought of something.

'Is it me?' Alex thought.

Alex looked around the village. It was currently in the middle of the day, and all the villagers should be working.

"Who are you?!" someone suddenly shouted.

Alex looked to the front and saw a burly, middle-aged man walking past a house.

He had a spear and wore some simple leather armor. His hair was brown, and a long and scruffy beard adorned his face.

Alex immediately associated that man with a smith.

He looked like the typical smith one would find in movies and shows.

"Hello, I'm… Shang," Alex said nervously. He had nearly wanted to say his original name again.

"What do you want?!" the man shouted aggressively. "We don't have any money, and we are protected by the Northern Wild!"

Alex smiled in embarrassment. "I think you misunderstood me. I'm not here to do anything to you."

"Lies!" the man shouted. "You charged at our village! Speak the truth, or I will kill you myself!"

Alex scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "I ran because it felt good."

"It felt good?" the man asked in surprise.

"Yes," Alex answered. "I've been in a forest for the past six months, and this is the first time I'm at a place not filled with trees. Running down the mountain and feeling my new power after my trip just felt too good."

The man eyed Alex suspiciously. "Is that why you are dressed like a thief?" he asked coldly.

"Like a thief?" Alex asked in surprise.

Alex looked

by the cloak made out of Stalker hide. Even part of his head

and quickly pulled his badly sewn hood down, revealing

wasn't thinking," Alex said with a bitter smile.

man relaxed a bit, but he still spoke to

you want?" he

money to pay for an entrance

got surprised, but his eyes quickly

old are you?"

15," Alex said.

man shouted. "You look more

was taken aback by

sighed. "Let me just take my cloak off. Maybe I look

and only looked at

his cloak off and threw it to the

disgusting, dirty, stinky, full

could find better clothing

disgust and pity at Alex. Surprisingly, his hostility

quite good armor and good clothing. After all,

wear

looked like the body

adults. This was simply because they hadn't fully gone

asked, most people couldn't explain the differences, but with enough life experience, one would immediately

was just

cloak was removed, the man also saw

Alex's sword looked weird.

the blade itself was way too straight and uniform. Swords usually went from thick to

straight, except for the tip

that the

story made a lot more sense

that had lived in the wild

have you lived in the wild for so long?" the man

relief when the man calmed down.

Silence.

spear away. "That's quite some determination," he said. "Can I

out his sword and threw

on the ground, and the man looked at Alex with

walked forward and

thought, and he had to put more strength into

with one arm, but he

at the sword and then at

did you throw your weapon over to

have any bad

brows as he

easily thrown it

been like the sword weighed

had bad intentions towards the village?" he

Alex said with

display of yours?" the

sighed in frustration and rubbed the

said in a relaxed manner. "I don't want to play these stupid games. Obviously, you now know of my strength. If I wanted to do anything to your village, I wouldn't be talking with you.

getting annoyed