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.

why they were doing

came out without any weapons

banking on the fact that I'm

and jumped towards the closest

BANG!

bandit, throwing

BANG!

impact, and the sound of

Silence.

stopped moving as they looked

at the other bandits with narrowed eyes,

shocked, terrified,

gazes were

wanted to see what happened

had punched away coughed and took a

He was still alive.

needed, and they immediately continued charging

they got injured? The others would share their loot with them, which would make all of this

didn't die, it would

sled wagon and began to tear at the cage

as he

SHING!

"AAAHH!"

flew through

arm of one of the bandits, who had

bandits paused for a second to look at

then, they continued tearing with

CRK!

was torn off as the bandits greedily gathered

grabbed his arm, put it under his other arm, and also continued clawing at the Ice

to

can't let them get away with the Ice Wood!

want to reach heights that would have been impossible on

of the guard captain shot through

your life or

SHING!

Silence.

looked over in shock

fell to the

his sword

'It was so easy.'

sword went through

just ended a

arm shook as his nervousness and fear

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

and it didn't feel as bad as he had

no immediate feeling of

only felt like

right now, and his

SHING!

bisected the

was so sharp that the torso might as well

fear. They quickly grabbed any Ice Wood

SHING!

Alex killed another bandit.

Wood, and you can remain alive," he said

None of them listened.

was like the Ice Wood was more important than their

Alex gritted his teeth.

SHING! SHING!

before they could even move

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.