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

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

on the fact that I'm unwilling to kill

and jumped

BANG!

the chest of the bandit,

BANG!

tree with a loud impact, and the sound of bones being broken reverberated throughout the

Silence.

bandits stopped moving as

bandits with narrowed eyes, but his heart shook when he saw their

weren't shocked, terrified, or

their gazes were

was like they wanted to see

punched away coughed and took

He was still alive.

the bandits needed, and they immediately continued charging towards the sled

The others would share their loot with them, which would make all of this

die, it would be

the sled wagon and began to tear at

nervousness increased as he

SHING!

"AAAHH!"

bloody arm flew through the

arm of one of

other bandits paused for a second to look

continued tearing with even more

CRK!

part of the cage was torn off as the bandits

other arm, and also continued clawing at the Ice Wood with his

due to

let them get away with the Ice Wood!

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

guard captain

your life

SHING!

Silence.

bandits looked over in shock

body fell to the

gripped his

'It was so easy.'

sword went through

ended a

arm shook as his nervousness and

had forced him to take a path of no return, and he hated

didn't feel as bad

feeling of regret

like Alex

didn't feel that hard right now, and his anger was all the reason Alex

SHING!

diagonally bisected the torso of another

that the torso might as well

bandits reflected deep fear. They quickly grabbed any Ice Wood

SHING!

Alex killed another bandit.

Ice Wood, and you can remain alive," he

None of them listened.

was like the Ice Wood was

Alex gritted his teeth.

SHING! SHING!

two bandits before they could even

Realm, at most. Some of them even had bodies on the same level as

"Drop it!" Alex shouted.