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

of Stalker hide. Even

immediately felt like an idiot and quickly pulled his badly

wasn't thinking," Alex said with a bitter smile. "Honestly, I'm not

still spoke to Alex

what do you want?"

to pay for an entrance exam in that warrior

got surprised, but his eyes

are you?"

15," Alex said.

man shouted. "You look

was taken aback by the

my cloak off. Maybe I look too

man didn't answer and only looked

pulled his cloak off and threw it

clothing beneath his cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty, stinky, full

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

with disgust and pity at Alex. Surprisingly,

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

wear

man noticed that Alex's body really looked like

This was simply because they hadn't

couldn't explain the differences, but with enough life experience, one would

just

cloak was removed, the man also saw

Alex's sword looked weird.

blade itself was way too straight and uniform. Swords usually went from thick

sword was just incredibly straight, except for the tip

the man could tell that

story made a

that had lived in

the wild

released a sigh of relief when the man

Silence.

the man put his spear away. "That's quite some determination," he said.

simply took out his

on the ground, and

forward and lifted

had thought, and he had to put

he couldn't possibly swing it, not

looked at the

your weapon over to

have any

man furrowed his brows as he

easily thrown

like the sword

you had bad intentions towards the village?" he asked

said with

what worth is this display of yours?"

rubbed

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

annoyed