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

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

pulled his badly sewn hood down, revealing his

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

relaxed a bit, but he still spoke to Alex

you

money to pay for an entrance exam in

but

are

think I should be 15," Alex

man shouted. "You look more

aback by the man's

me just take my cloak

answer and only looked at Alex

quickly pulled his cloak off and threw it to the

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

would wear something like that since they could find better

and pity at Alex. Surprisingly, his hostility

good armor and good

would wear something like

noticed that Alex's body really looked like the body of a teenager,

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

asked, most people couldn't explain the differences, but with enough life experience, one would immediately see

was just a

removed, the man also saw Alex's

Alex's sword looked weird.

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

just incredibly straight, except for the tip where the sword suddenly narrowed down into a

that the sword was

story made a lot

truly looked like someone that had lived in the wild for a

the wild for so long?"

relief when the man calmed down.

Silence.

his spear away. "That's quite some determination,"

simply took out his

and

forward

far heavier than he had thought, and he had to put

but he couldn't possibly swing it,

man looked at the sword

throw your weapon over to me?" the

have

man furrowed his brows as he felt the weight

seen how Alex had easily thrown it over with

had been like

sword if you had bad

Alex said with a

worth is this display of yours?"

and rubbed the back of his

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

annoyed