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

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

and quickly pulled his badly sewn hood down,

Alex said with a bitter smile.

man relaxed a bit, but he still spoke to Alex

what do you want?"

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

man got surprised, but his eyes

are you?" he

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

15!" the man

aback by

sighed. "Let me just take my cloak off. Maybe I look too

man didn't answer and only looked at

cloak off and threw it to

his cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty, stinky, full of

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

pity at

good clothing.

would wear something

like the body of a teenager, just far

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

life experience,

was just a

removed, the

Alex's sword looked weird.

handguard, and the blade itself was way too straight and uniform. Swords usually went from thick to thin, thick at the

was just incredibly straight, except for the tip where the

that the sword was

made a lot

truly looked like someone that had lived in the wild for

lived in the wild for so long?" the man

released a sigh of relief when the man

Silence.

"That's quite some determination," he

out his sword

ground, and the man looked at Alex with

forward

than he had thought,

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

at the sword and

throw your weapon over to me?"

that I don't have any bad

furrowed his brows as he

how Alex had easily thrown

been like the sword

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

said with a

is this display

and rubbed the back

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

was honestly getting annoyed at the