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

Stalker hide. Even part of his head was

an idiot and quickly pulled his badly sewn hood down, revealing his black

with a bitter smile. "Honestly, I'm not here to do anything to

man relaxed a bit, but he still spoke to Alex from

what do you

to pay for an entrance

but his eyes

old are

should be 15," Alex said. "I didn't

15!" the man shouted.

taken aback by the man's

me just take my cloak off. Maybe

answer and only looked at

quickly pulled his cloak off and threw it to the

clothing beneath his cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty, stinky, full of holes, and

like that since they could find better

pity at Alex. Surprisingly,

wear quite good armor and good clothing. After all, their

bandit would wear something like

the man noticed that Alex's body really looked like the body

bodies from adults. This was simply because they hadn't fully gone through puberty

the differences, but with enough life experience, one would immediately see that Alex was a teenager, not an

was just

the man also saw Alex's

Alex's sword looked weird.

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

for the tip where the sword suddenly narrowed down

tell that the sword

a lot more

lived in the

lived in the wild for

a sigh of relief when

Silence.

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

his

and the

walked forward and lifted the

far heavier than he had thought, and he had to

with one arm, but he

at the sword and then at

did you throw your weapon

I don't have any bad intentions," Alex

brows as he felt

easily thrown it over

had been like the

need this sword if you had bad intentions towards the village?"

Alex said

is this display of yours?" the man

frustration and rubbed the back of

manner. "I don't want to play these stupid games. Obviously, you now know of my strength. If I

was honestly getting annoyed at