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.

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

were probably

and some meat jerky,' Alex thought as he looked

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

he

checking his inventory, Alex picked up the black cube and

halted as he

he moved the black cube around a bit.

his mind tried to find the reason. 'My old body was out of shape, but I still had

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

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 do something that everyone else can do basically means

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

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

droning. It felt like he had gotten a

going on now!? Can't you

the headache only increased, and Alex fell to his

everything that the God had told him, and Alex

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

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

that, the headache

bitter expression. 'Fuck, this is

there was nothing that

I don't know where

in a colder climate? Now that I think about it, the sun is high in the sky, but it's a bit chilly. I can still deal with this temperature, but it

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

Alex thought as he looked at a tall tree beside him. 'With this body, I should be able to climb this

went to the tree, but

he slung the

smell the jerky in there,'

to the tree and slung his arms and legs around

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

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

was relatively high up

thought with gritted

top of a sea of

least I can somewhat

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

noticed that the mountains were encircling

a basin?' Alex thought. '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 interesting starting

idea, and a skeptical expression appeared

kind of tutorial area or starter

scratched the back of his head awkwardly when he had that

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

try surviving in the wilderness, and when I no longer feel

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

the mountains! It was hard to

probably a village, and they're