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.

looked down

was surrounded by the cloak made out of Stalker hide. Even part of

pulled

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

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

what do you want?" he

money to pay for an entrance exam in that

but his eyes quickly

are

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

look 15!" the man shouted. "You

aback by the

cloak off. Maybe I

man didn't answer and only looked at

off and threw it to the

beneath his cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty,

find better clothing that had been

disgust and pity at Alex. Surprisingly, his hostility

good armor and good clothing. After all, their job was to rob

bandit would wear something

like the body of a teenager,

This was simply because they hadn't fully gone through

most people couldn't explain the differences, but with enough life experience, one would immediately see that Alex was a teenager, not an

just a

the

Alex's sword looked weird.

no handguard, and the blade itself was way too straight and uniform. Swords usually went

incredibly straight, except for the tip where the sword suddenly

the man could tell that the

made a

looked like someone that had lived in the wild for

have you lived in the wild

a sigh of relief when the man

Silence.

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

his sword and

slid on the ground, and the man looked

forward and lifted the

he had thought, and

it with one arm, but he couldn't possibly swing it, not even with

man looked at the sword and then

weapon over

prove that I don't have any bad intentions," Alex

man furrowed his brows as he felt

had seen how Alex had easily thrown it over with

been like

you need this sword if you had bad intentions

Alex said

worth is this display of yours?"

and rubbed the back of his

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

honestly getting annoyed at