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 down

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

an idiot and quickly pulled his badly sewn hood

with a bitter smile. "Honestly,

but he still spoke to Alex from several meters

do you want?" he

for an entrance exam in that warrior school in

man got surprised, but his eyes

are you?" he

be 15,"

man shouted. "You look more

aback

cloak off. Maybe I look too

man didn't answer and only

quickly pulled his cloak off and threw

beneath his cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty, stinky, full of holes,

find better clothing that had been

with disgust and pity

normally wear quite good armor and good clothing.

would wear something like

really looked like the body of a teenager, just far more

different bodies from adults. This was simply

with enough life experience, one would immediately see that Alex

was just

removed, the man also saw

Alex's sword looked weird.

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

incredibly straight, except for the tip where the

that the sword was

a lot

had lived in the wild for a

the wild for so long?" the man

relief when the man calmed down. "To

Silence.

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

his sword

on the ground, and the man looked at

forward and lifted the

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

he couldn't possibly swing it, not even

man looked at the sword

you throw your weapon over to me?" the man

that I don't have

man furrowed his brows as he felt the weight

had seen how Alex had easily thrown

been like

if you had bad intentions towards the village?" he asked

said with

worth is this display of yours?"

sighed in frustration and rubbed the back of his

of my strength. If I wanted to do anything to your village, I wouldn't be talking with you. I would

annoyed at the