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

out of Stalker hide. Even part of

quickly pulled his badly sewn hood down, revealing his black

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

still spoke to

do you want?"

pay for an entrance exam in that warrior

but

old are you?"

should be 15," Alex said. "I

don't look 15!" the man shouted. "You look more

taken aback by

Alex sighed. "Let me just take my cloak off. Maybe I look

answer and only looked at Alex

off and

disgusting, dirty, stinky, full

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

pity at Alex. Surprisingly,

normally wear quite good armor and good

would wear something like

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

simply because they hadn't fully gone through

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

was just

was removed, the man also

Alex's sword looked weird.

straight and uniform. Swords usually went

straight, except for the tip where

tell that the sword

made a

someone that had lived in the wild for a

the wild

a sigh of relief when the man calmed down.

Silence.

spear away. "That's quite some determination," he said. "Can I see

took out his

ground, and

walked forward and lifted

he had thought, and he had to put more strength into lifting

with one arm, but he

the sword and

did you throw your weapon over

prove that I don't have any bad

brows as he

seen how Alex had easily thrown

like the

had bad intentions towards the village?" he asked

said with a

what worth is this display of

in frustration and rubbed the

"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 talking with you. I

honestly getting annoyed at