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

Stalker hide. Even part of his head was hidden inside the

pulled his badly sewn hood down, revealing his

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

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

you

for an entrance exam in that warrior school in Warrior's Paradise,"

but

old are you?"

be 15," Alex said.

look 15!" the man

was taken aback by the

my cloak off. Maybe

answer and only

pulled his cloak off and threw it to the

absolutely disgusting, dirty, stinky, full of holes,

they could find better clothing

pity at

would normally wear quite good armor and good clothing.

would wear something like

that Alex's body really looked like the

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

experience,

was just a

the cloak was removed, the man

Alex's sword looked weird.

blade itself was way too straight and uniform. Swords usually went

Alex's sword was just incredibly straight, except for the tip where the sword

could tell that the sword

a lot

truly looked like someone that had lived in the wild for

lived in the wild for so long?" the

released a sigh of relief when the

Silence.

away. "That's quite some determination,"

out his sword and threw it

on the ground, and the man

walked forward and lifted the

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

but he couldn't

man looked at the sword

weapon

don't have any

as he felt the weight

Alex had easily thrown it over with one

like

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

said with

display of yours?" the

in frustration and rubbed the back of

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