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 cube the God had given

and looked inside. These were probably some basic things that

meat jerky,' Alex thought as he looked at the sack. 'Basically, the bare necessities to survive in the

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? I mean, I kind of

sure, but he assumed that he was

Alex picked up the black

halted as he realized

he moved the black cube around a bit. 'Probably not, but it does

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

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

something in my body is different from a normal human body. The inability to do something that everyone else can do basically

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

'Now's not the time to think about these

head was suddenly droning. It felt

now!? Can't you give me

Alex fell to

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

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

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

that, the headache

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

that Alex or

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

'There are 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 in the sky, but it's a bit chilly. I can still deal with this temperature, but it will probably drop significantly in the

can use my spare clothes for

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

down and went to

he slung the sack over

smell the jerky in

that, Alex went to the tree and slung his arms and legs

body is quite powerful and still pretty light. I don't

difficult, but after Alex reached the height of the branches, it became

later, Alex was relatively high up and

with gritted teeth. 'Forest

of a sea of

at least I can somewhat make out

or so. According

head and noticed that the mountains were encircling him from

a basin?' Alex thought. 'I can't see anything higher behind the mountains, which probably means that

an idea, and a skeptical expression appeared on his

to be some kind of tutorial area or starter location?'

back of his head awkwardly when he had that

sure as hell structured it like one. Alex

should try surviving in the wilderness, and when I

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

from behind one of the mountains! It was hard

they're living just