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 the black

felt like an idiot and quickly pulled his

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

man relaxed a bit, but he still spoke to Alex

do you

pay for an entrance exam in

surprised, but

old are you?" he

be 15," Alex

15!" the man shouted.

was taken aback by the

my cloak off. Maybe I look

man didn't answer and

off and threw it

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

like that since they could find better clothing that had been thrown to the side

looked with disgust and pity at

armor and good clothing. After all, their

bandit would wear something like

Alex's body really looked like the body of a

from adults. This was simply because

life experience, one

was just

the man also

Alex's sword looked weird.

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

for the tip where the sword suddenly narrowed down into a

man could tell that the sword

story made a lot

truly looked like someone that had lived in the wild for

you lived in the wild for so long?" the man

a sigh of relief when the man calmed down. "To become

Silence.

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

his sword and

on the ground, and the man looked at Alex

forward

was far heavier than he had thought,

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

at the sword and

did you throw your weapon over to me?" the

prove that I don't have any

he felt the

Alex had easily thrown

been like the sword

you had bad intentions towards

said

this display of

frustration and rubbed the back of his

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

annoyed at the