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

cloak made out of Stalker hide. Even part of his

pulled his badly sewn hood down, revealing

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

a bit, but he still

what do you want?" he

earn enough money to pay for an entrance exam in that warrior school in Warrior's Paradise," Alex

man got surprised, but

old are

think I should be 15," Alex

15!" the man shouted. "You

was taken aback by the

me just take my cloak off. Maybe

man didn't answer and only looked at

cloak off and threw

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

something like that since they could find better clothing that had been

disgust and pity at Alex. Surprisingly,

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

bandit would wear

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

This was simply

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.

handguard, and the blade itself was way too straight and uniform. Swords usually went from thick to thin, thick at

Alex's sword was just incredibly straight, except for the tip where the

man could tell that the sword was very

story made a lot more

had lived in

the wild for so long?"

of relief when the man calmed down. "To become

Silence.

quite some determination," he said. "Can I

his sword

on the ground, and the

forward and lifted

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

arm, but he couldn't possibly swing it, not

man looked at the sword and then

weapon

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

man furrowed his brows as he

Alex had easily thrown it over with one

been like the

had bad intentions towards the village?" he

said

worth is this display of yours?" the

sighed in frustration and rubbed the back of

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

was honestly getting annoyed at the