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

surrounded by the cloak made out of Stalker hide. Even part

immediately felt like an idiot and quickly pulled

Alex said with a bitter smile. "Honestly, I'm not here to do anything

bit, but he still spoke to Alex

do you want?" he

entrance exam in that

but his

old are

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

the man

taken aback by the

cloak off. Maybe I look too

man didn't answer and only looked

pulled his cloak off and threw it to the

cloak was absolutely disgusting, dirty, stinky,

would wear something like that since they could find

man looked with disgust and pity at Alex. Surprisingly,

wear quite good armor and good

bandit would wear

noticed that Alex's body really looked like the body of a teenager, just far more

from adults. This was simply because they hadn't fully gone

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

was just a

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

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

tell that the sword was

story made a lot more sense

had lived in the wild for a long

have you lived in the wild

of relief when

Silence.

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

simply took out his sword and threw it

and

forward and lifted

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

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

looked at the sword and

you throw your weapon over to me?" the

that I don't have any bad intentions," Alex

man furrowed his brows as he felt the weight of the

seen how Alex had easily

had been like the sword

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

said with a

worth is this display of yours?" the man

in frustration and rubbed the back of his

games. Obviously, you now know of my strength. If I wanted to do anything to

getting annoyed at