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.

was a bulging sack, and the other was the black cube the God had given

looked inside. These were probably some basic things that the God had

three red flasks, a survival knife, shoes, and some meat jerky,' Alex thought as he looked at the

in the flask was a vibrant red, and the liquid was rather viscous. 'Could these be health potions? I

but he assumed that

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

halted as he

moved the black cube around

as his mind tried to find the reason. 'My old body was out of shape, but I still had quite some muscle. Yet, this

that's all around me in the air? The guy said that most people call it Mana, so I should probably also get used

soul, which means that something in my body is different from

me into a body that can't become more powerful. He also said that most of my Mana will end up in my

head. 'Now's not the time to think about these things, Alex! First,

was suddenly droning. It felt

going on now!? Can't

headache only increased, and Alex fell to his knees as he breathed

God

thought with frustration and anger. 'You won't even allow me to think of

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

just like that, the headache

is like this,' Alex thought with a bitter expression. 'Fuck, this is

that Alex or

for a safe spot. I don't know where I am, and if I start training now,

colder climate? Now that I think about it, the sun is high in the sky, but

food for about a day in my sack, and I can use my spare clothes for

check from above,' Alex thought as he looked at a tall tree beside him. 'With this

and went to the tree, but he quickly

slung the sack over

might smell the jerky in

the tree and slung

my own weight. This body is quite powerful and still pretty light. I don't want

the branches, it became far easier. The needles of the pine tree were a bit annoying, but they didn't

Alex was relatively high

with gritted teeth. 'Forest

top of a

can somewhat make out

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

his head and noticed that the mountains were encircling

means that I'm probably not below sea level. I'm probably just surrounded by mountains. Quite an interesting

got an idea, and a skeptical expression appeared on

be some kind of

back of his head awkwardly when

the God sure as hell structured it like one.

'He told me that I should try surviving in the wilderness, and when I no longer feel any danger,

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

was smoke coming from behind one of the mountains! It was hard to notice, but if one looked hard enough, one would

a village, and they're living