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.

a bulging sack, and the other was the black

were probably some basic things that the God

and some meat jerky,' Alex thought as he looked at the sack. 'Basically,

the three red flasks and looked at it. The color of the liquid in the flask was a vibrant red, and the

wasn't sure, but he assumed

his inventory, Alex picked up the black cube and put it in the

hand halted as

the black cube around a bit.

was out of shape, but I

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

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 that I'm disabled in a

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

not the time to think about

stopped thinking as his head was suddenly droning. It

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

headache only increased, and Alex fell to his knees

everything that the God had told him, and

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

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

just like that, the headache

expression. 'Fuck, this is so annoying! Can't even retain my own

was nothing that Alex or Shang could

spot. I don't know where I am, and if I start

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. I can

clothes for bedding and a blanket.

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

his sack down and went to the tree,

the sack

might smell the jerky in

Alex went to the tree and slung

own weight. This body is quite powerful and still pretty light. I don't want to admit

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

Alex was relatively high up

with gritted teeth.

of a sea

I can somewhat make out

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

noticed that the mountains were

that I'm probably not below sea level. I'm probably just surrounded by mountains. Quite

an idea, and a skeptical expression

of tutorial area or starter location?' Alex

head

God sure as hell structured it

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

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

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

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