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.

and the other was the black cube the

probably some basic things that the God

thought as he looked at the sack.

it. The color of the liquid in the flask was a vibrant red, and the liquid was rather viscous. 'Could these be health

wasn't sure, but he assumed that he

checking his inventory, Alex picked up the black cube and

halted as

moved the black cube

body was out of shape, but I still

his chin 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 Mana. I don't want to appear

that. The guy 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

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

time

head was suddenly droning. It

on now!? Can't you give me a

and Alex fell to his knees as he

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

'You won't even allow me to think of my true

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

that, the

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

was nothing that Alex or

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

this mean that I'm in a colder climate? Now that I think about it, the sun is high in

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

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

went

he slung the sack over

might smell the jerky in there,'

went to the tree and slung his

and still pretty light. I don't want to admit it, but this body is probably even better suited for survival and combat than my old

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

later, Alex was relatively

thought with

was on top of a sea of

least I can somewhat

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

the mountains were encircling

anything higher behind the mountains, which probably means that

an idea, and a skeptical expression appeared

this supposed to be some kind of tutorial

the back of his head

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

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

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

hard to notice, but if one looked hard enough,

village, and they're