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.

bulging sack, and the other was

opened the bag and looked inside. These were probably some basic things that

jerky,' Alex thought as he looked at

took out one of the three red flasks and looked at it. The color of the liquid in the flask was a vibrant red, and the liquid was rather viscous. 'Could these be health potions?

he assumed

picked up the black

as he realized something

he moved the black

as his 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

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

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 disabled in a

more powerful. He also

'Now's not the time to think about

stopped thinking as his head was suddenly droning. It felt like

going on now!? Can't you give me a

increased, and Alex fell to his knees

through everything that the God had

'You won't even allow me to think

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

like that, the

this,' Alex thought with a bitter expression. 'Fuck, this is so annoying!

there was nothing that Alex or

safe spot. I don't know where I am, and

about it, the sun is high in the sky, but it's a bit chilly. I can still deal with this temperature,

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

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

put his sack down and went to the tree,

slung the sack over

might smell the jerky in there,'

tree and

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

of the branches, it became far easier. The needles of the pine tree

was relatively high

Alex thought with gritted teeth. 'Forest

of a

least I can somewhat make out the

the horizon, probably 20 kilometers away or so. According

the

anything higher behind the mountains, which probably means that I'm probably not below sea level.

and a skeptical

of tutorial area or starter location?' Alex

head awkwardly when he

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

I should try surviving in the wilderness, and when I no longer feel any danger, I should go further in. I guess he

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

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

village, and they're living just beyond that