Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex looked towards the area where he had seen the shadow. He had been certain that the shadow had had the shape of a human.

'I really didn't want to do this,' Alex thought with narrowed eyes.

Nervousness crept into his heart as the thought of killing a couple of kids reared its ugly head.

SHING!

Alex took out his sword and held it beside himself.

The light of the moon slightly reflected off the black sword, making it just barely visible in the dark.

The forest returned to silence as Alex stood silently on top of the sled wagon, his head turned to the place where the bandits had just been.

The wind made Alex's coat wave in a rhythmic fashion, giving him the appearance of a creature ready to strike at any time.

Alex's appearance was essentially warning everything and everyone in the surroundings that they shouldn't attack him.

Alex knew how effective intimidation could be if someone didn't want to fight. He didn't need to appear aggressive like a bloodthirsty beast. He only had to look like something that wouldn't give up without a fight.

He hoped that the bandits would find an easier target.

Alex wasn't afraid for his life, but for their lives.

For nearly a full minute, only silence reigned in Alex's surroundings.

Then, two minutes passed.

Three minutes.

Five minutes.

After seven minutes, Alex put his sword away and sat down again to meditate.

The bandits were gone.

Alex took a deep breath and entered meditation again.

However, just 40 minutes after entering meditation, Alex heard several tiny noises.

'They returned, and there are more of them,' Alex thought with narrowed eyes.

Alex slowly stood up again and drew his sword.

Ten seconds of silence passed again.

"Go!"

A loud shout echoed through Alex's small clearing, and Alex narrowed his eyes.

SHING! SHING! SHING!

In an instant, over 15 people darted out of the trees as they ran towards Alex's sled wagon.

Yet, Alex gritted his teeth as he saw their appearances.

The bandits came from all walks of life. Alex could see some teenagers, but he could also see young adults, middle-aged men, and one older man.

They were all dirty, and they didn't wear any noteworthy armor. At most, some of them wore vests made of coarse leather and riddled with holes. The others wore raggy and old clothing.

However, the worst part was that none of them carried weapons.

They all charged out of the trees without weapons, and even more, they didn't even look at Alex.

They fully focused on the Ice Wood on the sled wagon.

They never intended to attack or injure Alex, and he knew that.

They only wanted the Ice Wood, and they wouldn't attack or hurt Alex while stealing from Alex's sled wagon.

knew why they were doing

not comfortable with killing people. So, they came out without any weapons

banking on the fact that I'm unwilling

and jumped towards the closest

BANG!

of the bandit, throwing him at a

BANG!

the sound of bones being

Silence.

stopped moving as they looked at

narrowed eyes, but his heart shook when he saw

shocked,

their gazes were

wanted to see what

that Alex had punched away coughed and took a deep

He was still alive.

and they

share their loot with them,

as they didn't die, it would

first ones reached the sled wagon and began to tear

he

SHING!

"AAAHH!"

flew

one of the bandits, who had just

paused for a second to look at what had

tearing with even

CRK!

was torn off as the bandits

arm grabbed his arm, put it under his other

bloodshot due to the

get away with the

goal is to become powerful! I want to reach heights that would have been impossible

of the guard captain shot through

life or

SHING!

Silence.

bandits looked over in

body fell

gripped his sword

'It was so easy.'

sword went through

just ended a human

as his nervousness and fear turned to

to take a path of no return, and he hated them for

one, and it didn't feel as bad as he had

immediate feeling of regret

only felt like

now, and his anger was all the reason

SHING!

the torso of

sword was so sharp that the torso might as well not have

bandits reflected deep fear. They quickly grabbed

SHING!

Alex killed another bandit.

the Ice Wood, and you can remain alive," he

None of them listened.

like the Ice Wood was more

Alex gritted his teeth.

SHING! SHING!

bandits before they could

bandits were in the Early Stages of the Soldier Realm, at most. Some of them even had bodies on the same level as the humans on

"Drop it!" Alex shouted.