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 down

cloak made out of Stalker hide. Even part of his

pulled his badly

Alex said with a bitter

still spoke to Alex

do you want?" he

pay for an entrance exam in that warrior school in Warrior's

man got surprised, but

are

be 15,"

the man shouted. "You look

was taken aback by the

just take my cloak off.

answer and only

cloak off and

clothing beneath his cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty, stinky,

since they could find better clothing that had been thrown to

man looked with disgust and pity at Alex.

normally wear quite good armor and good clothing. After

would wear something

really looked like the

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

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

was just a

the man also saw

Alex's sword looked weird.

uniform. Swords usually went from thick to thin, thick at the hilt, thin

for the tip where the sword suddenly narrowed

man could tell that the

story made a lot

someone that had lived in the

have you lived in the wild for so long?"

a sigh of relief when the man calmed down.

Silence.

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

took out his sword and

on the ground, and

man walked forward

was far heavier than he had thought, and he had to put more strength into

one arm, but he couldn't possibly swing

man looked at the sword and then

you throw your weapon over to

I don't have any bad

furrowed his brows as he felt the weight

how Alex had easily thrown it

had been like the sword weighed

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

said

worth is this display of

frustration and rubbed

a bit annoyed here," Alex 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. I would

annoyed at the constant