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

cloak made out of Stalker hide. Even

an idiot and quickly pulled his badly sewn hood down, revealing

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

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

you want?"

entrance exam in that warrior school in Warrior's

man got surprised, but his eyes quickly

are you?" he

15," Alex said. "I didn't

15!" the man shouted. "You

taken aback by

just take my cloak off. Maybe

and only looked at

his cloak off and threw it

cloak was absolutely disgusting,

could find better clothing that had been thrown to the

looked with disgust and pity at

armor and good clothing. After all, their

bandit would wear something like

really looked like the body of

simply

the differences, but with enough life experience, one

was just

removed, the

Alex's sword looked weird.

was way too straight and uniform. Swords usually went from thick to thin,

the tip where the sword

man could tell that the sword

made a lot

looked like someone that had lived

the wild for so long?" the

a sigh of relief when the

Silence.

quite some determination," he

his sword and threw

slid on the ground, and the man looked at

walked forward and lifted the

the sword was far heavier than he had thought, and he had to put more strength

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

looked at the

weapon over to me?" the man

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

he felt

how Alex had easily

had been like the

had bad intentions towards

said with a

what worth is this display of yours?" the man

in frustration and rubbed the

I'm getting 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 strength. If I wanted to do anything to your village, I wouldn't be

annoyed at the constant