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

cloak made out of Stalker hide. Even part of his head was hidden inside

pulled his badly sewn hood

bitter

a bit, but he still spoke to

what do you

here to earn enough money to pay for an entrance exam in that warrior school in

surprised, but

old are you?" he

be 15," Alex said. "I

15!" the man shouted. "You

was taken aback by the man's

Alex sighed. "Let me just take my cloak

man didn't answer and only looked

cloak off

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

even beggars would wear something like that since they could find better clothing that had been thrown to the side

man looked with disgust and pity at Alex. Surprisingly,

quite good armor and good

wear

body really looked like the

adults. This was simply

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

was just a

the

Alex's sword looked weird.

basically had no handguard, and the blade itself was way too straight and uniform. Swords usually went from thick to

was just incredibly straight, except for the tip where

the man could tell that

a lot more sense

that had lived in the wild for

the wild for

a sigh of relief when the man

Silence.

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

took out his sword and threw it

sword slid on the ground, and the man looked at Alex with

walked forward and lifted the

sword was far heavier than he had thought, and he

with one arm, but he couldn't possibly swing

looked at the sword

your weapon over to

I don't have any

his brows as he felt the weight

had easily thrown it over

like the sword weighed

you had bad intentions towards

said with

what worth is this display of yours?" the

and rubbed the

of my strength. If I wanted

getting annoyed at the constant