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

probably some

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

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

he assumed

the black cube

halted as he realized

lighter?' he thought as he moved the black cube around

as his mind tried to find the reason. 'My old 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

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

more powerful. He also said that most

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

thinking as his head was suddenly droning. It felt like he had

Can't you give me a

only increased, and Alex fell to his knees

was going through everything that the God

anger. 'You won't

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

that, the

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

nothing that

don't know where I am, and if

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 evening and

my sack, and I can use my spare clothes for bedding and a blanket. However, I should still find a safe place where

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

down and went to the tree,

the sack

jerky in

that, Alex went to the tree and slung his arms

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

the branches, it became far easier. The

two minutes later, Alex was relatively

thought with gritted teeth.

of a sea

at least I can somewhat make

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

noticed that the mountains were encircling him from

Alex thought. 'I can't see anything higher behind the mountains, which probably means that I'm probably not below sea

idea, and a skeptical expression

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

his head awkwardly when he had

sure as hell structured

least this makes things easier,' Alex thought. 'He told me that I should try surviving in the wilderness, and when I no longer feel any

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

smoke coming from behind one of the mountains! It was hard to notice, but if one looked hard enough, one would see

probably a village, and they're