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 at

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

idiot and quickly pulled his badly

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

but he still spoke to Alex from

do you want?" he

pay for an entrance exam in that warrior school in

got surprised, but

old are you?"

15," Alex said. "I

man shouted. "You

aback

take my cloak off. Maybe I look too intimidating with that

answer and only

pulled his cloak off and

cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty, stinky,

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

and pity at Alex.

quite good armor and good clothing. After all, their job was to rob

bandit would wear

looked like the body of a teenager,

bodies from adults. This was simply

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

just a

the cloak was removed, the man also saw

Alex's sword looked weird.

too straight and uniform.

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

man could tell that the sword

story made a lot more

someone that had lived in the wild for

wild for so long?"

of relief when the

Silence.

away. "That's quite some

out his sword and threw

the ground, and the man

forward and lifted

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

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

the sword and then at

throw your weapon over to me?"

I don't have any

he felt

had easily thrown it over with one

been like the sword weighed

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

said with

worth is this display of yours?" the

sighed in frustration and rubbed the back

now know of my strength. If I

annoyed at the constant