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.

other was the black cube

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

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

flask was a vibrant red, and the

he assumed that he

up the black

halted as he realized something

lighter?' he thought as he moved the black cube around a bit. 'Probably not, but it does feel

of shape, but I still had quite some muscle. Yet, this

in thought. 'Is this normal? Is this the effect of being in a world that's bathed in this mysterious energy that's all around me in the air? The guy said that most people call it Mana, so I should probably also get used to calling it

said that I can't push Mana into my soul, which means that something in my body is different from a normal human body. The inability to

God wouldn't send me into a body that can't become more powerful. He also said

shook his head. 'Now's not the time to think about these

droning. It felt like

Can't you give me a

fell to his knees as he

through everything that the God had told him, and Alex quickly found

won't

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

like that, the headache

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

there was nothing that Alex or Shang

where I am, and if I

around. 'There are no leaf trees and 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.

spare clothes for bedding

thought as he looked at a tall tree beside him. 'With this body,

put his sack down and went to the tree, but he quickly

he slung the

smell the jerky in there,' he

the tree and

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 for survival

height of the branches, it became far easier.

later, Alex was relatively high up and could see around

with

was on top of

least I can somewhat

noticed several mountains on the horizon, probably 20 kilometers away or so. According to

that the mountains were encircling him from quite

Alex thought. 'I can't see anything higher behind the mountains, which probably means that I'm probably not below sea

and a

this supposed to be some kind of tutorial area or

the back of his head awkwardly when he had

as hell structured it like one. Alex even got three

me that I should try surviving in the wilderness, and when I

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

mountains! It was hard to notice, but if one

village, and they're living just beyond