Sword God in a World of Magic

Thunk!

Alex's mind was thrown into disarray suddenly. It was like he had just received a punch to the head.

Alex's hand went to his butt out of reflex since he felt some pain coming from it.

That's when he felt grass.

'Grass?' Alex thought.

Alex opened his eyes and looked around.

Forest.

This was the only word that appeared in his mind when he saw his new surroundings. Thick pine trees were all around Alex. Alex could hear some birds chirping, and he heard the buzzing of insects. The smell of nature also immediately assaulted him.

'Sure enough, I have been sent somewhere, probably that God's main world or something,' Alex thought as he looked around.

Alex stood up, and while doing so, immediately noticed something peculiar.

'Standing up is easier than before,' Alex thought.

Alex looked down at his body, and his brows furrowed.

'My big belly is gone,' Alex thought.

As Alex looked at his own body, he noticed that he had a slim build. On top of that, he wore different clothes now.

Right now, Alex wore black cloth pants and a black shirt.

Surprisingly, the fabric felt rather nice.

However, Alex noticed something else that he didn't like one bit.

'I'm smaller,' Alex thought with narrowed eyes.

Previously, Alex had been 187 centimeters tall, but now, he barely reached 160 centimeters, according to his estimations.

Alex touched his face and noticed that it was also rather slim.

'I'm smaller, my unnecessary fat is gone, but my muscles are also gone,' Alex thought. 'This is either the body of someone that only does cardio, or I'm in the body of a teenager. I don't think that this God would send me into a grown body that's only 160 centimeters tall. After all, he wants me to become powerful, and height is an insane advantage in physical combat.'

'So, I'm probably in the body of a teenager. Assuming that I will reach a height of above 180 centimeters in my adulthood, my current height of 160 centimeters means that I still have quite some growing to do.'

'This means that I'm probably in the body of a 14-year-old,' Alex thought.

Something on Alex's head tickled him, and he moved it to the side.

It was hair, and when Alex noticed some strands of his hair, he also noticed a different change.

'Well, seems like my blonde hair is gone,' Alex lamented as he saw his new black hair.

After getting familiar with his new body, Alex looked around himself and noticed two things.

the other was the black

were probably some basic things that the God had prepared

shoes, and some meat jerky,' Alex thought as he looked at the sack. 'Basically, the bare necessities to survive in the

the flask was a vibrant red, and the liquid was rather viscous.

sure, but he assumed

inventory, Alex picked up the black cube and put it in

halted as he

thought as he moved the black cube around a

find the reason. 'My old body was out of shape, but I

Is this the effect of being in a world that's bathed in this mysterious energy that's all around me in the

push Mana into my soul, which means that something in my body is different from a normal human body. The inability to do something that everyone else can do basically means that I'm

powerful. He

the time to think about these things, Alex! First,

suddenly droning. It

going on now!? Can't you give

increased, and Alex fell to his

that the God had told him, and Alex quickly

frustration and anger. 'You won't

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

just like that, the headache

thought with a bitter expression. 'Fuck, this is so annoying! Can't even retain

that Alex or

know where I am, and if I start training

only pine trees. Does this mean that I'm in a colder climate? Now that I think about it, the sun is high in the sky, but it's a bit chilly. I can still deal with this temperature, but it will probably drop significantly

I can use my spare clothes for bedding and a blanket. However, I should still find a safe place where

from above,' Alex thought as he looked at a tall tree beside

put his sack down and went to the tree,

he slung the sack over his

smell the jerky

went to the tree and

I can easily support my own weight. This body is quite powerful and still pretty light. I don't want to admit it, but this body is probably even better suited

meters were a bit difficult, but after Alex reached the height of the branches, it became far easier. The needles of the pine

two minutes later, Alex was relatively high

with gritted

was on top of a sea of

least I can

mountains on the horizon, probably 20 kilometers away or so. According to his estimations, the mountains were

and noticed that the mountains were encircling him from quite a

that I'm probably not below sea level. I'm probably just surrounded by mountains.

an idea, and a skeptical expression

supposed to be some kind of

his head awkwardly when he had that

God sure as hell structured it like one. Alex even got

least this makes things easier,' Alex thought. 'He told me that I should try surviving in the wilderness, and when I no longer feel any

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

was hard to notice, but if one

probably a village, and they're living just beyond