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 the God had given

These were probably some basic things

jerky,' Alex thought as he

the liquid in the flask was a vibrant red, and the liquid was

he assumed that he

up the

hand halted as

cube become lighter?' he thought as he moved the black

mind tried to find the reason. 'My old body was out of shape, but I still had quite some muscle. Yet, this untrained teenage body can easily carry

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

soul, which means that something in my body is different from a normal human body. The

become more powerful. He also said that most of my Mana will end up

time to think about these things, Alex! First,

suddenly droning. It felt like he

Can't you give

increased, and Alex fell to his knees as he breathed

mind was going through everything that the God had told him, and

'You won't even allow me to think of

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

like that,

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

that Alex or

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

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

my sack, and I can use my spare clothes for bedding and a blanket. However, I

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

went to the tree, but he quickly

the sack over

the jerky in there,'

went to the tree and slung his arms and legs around

powerful and still pretty light. I don't want to admit it, but this body is probably

but after Alex reached the height of the branches, it became far easier. The needles of the pine

later, Alex was relatively high up and could see around

with gritted

on top of a

at least I can

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

head and noticed that the mountains were encircling him from quite a

'I can't see anything higher behind the mountains, which probably means that I'm probably not below sea level. I'm probably just surrounded by mountains. Quite an

got an idea, and a skeptical expression appeared on his

to be some kind of tutorial area or starter

his head awkwardly when he had

game, but the God sure as hell structured it like one. Alex even

the wilderness, and when

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

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

they're living just beyond