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

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

pulled his badly sewn hood

Alex said with a bitter smile. "Honestly, I'm

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

do you want?"

to pay for an entrance exam in that

surprised, but his eyes

old are you?"

think I should be 15," Alex said. "I didn't really

15!" the man shouted. "You look more like

was taken aback by the

me just take my cloak

and only

cloak off and threw it

was absolutely disgusting, dirty,

find better clothing that had been thrown to the side

looked with disgust and pity at Alex.

would normally wear quite good armor and good clothing. After all, their job was

bandit would wear

body really looked like the body of a teenager,

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

but with enough life experience, one would immediately see that Alex was

just

was removed, the man also saw Alex's

Alex's sword looked weird.

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

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

tell that the

made a lot

that had lived in

wild for

when the man calmed down.

Silence.

quite some determination," he said. "Can I

his sword and threw it

sword slid on the ground, and the man looked at Alex with

forward and lifted the

than he had thought, and he had to put

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

the

your weapon over to me?"

have any bad

his brows as he felt the weight of

easily thrown

had been like the

had bad

said with a

display of yours?"

frustration and rubbed the

to play these stupid games. Obviously, you now know of my strength. If I wanted to do

annoyed at the