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

and quickly pulled his badly sewn hood down,

a bitter smile. "Honestly, I'm not here to do

he still spoke to Alex from

you want?"

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

surprised, but

old are you?"

I should be 15," Alex said. "I

man shouted.

aback by the man's

take my cloak off. Maybe I look too

man didn't answer and only looked at

off

cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty,

even beggars would wear something like that since they could find better clothing that had

and pity at Alex. Surprisingly,

and good clothing.

would wear

man noticed that Alex's body really looked like the body of

This was simply because

enough life experience, one would immediately see that

was just

the cloak was removed, the

Alex's sword looked weird.

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

except for the tip where the sword suddenly narrowed

could tell that the sword

story made a lot more

lived in the wild for

wild

relief when

Silence.

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

his sword

on the ground, and the

forward

far heavier than he had thought, and he

managed to lift it with one arm, but he couldn't possibly swing it, not even

at the sword and then

you throw your weapon over to

that I don't have any

as he

easily thrown

like the sword

if you had bad intentions towards

said

this display of

sighed in frustration and rubbed the back of his

don't want to play these stupid games. Obviously, you now know of my

honestly getting annoyed at