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.

was a bulging sack, and the other was the black cube

were probably some basic things that the God had prepared for

as he looked at the sack. 'Basically, the bare

liquid in the flask was a vibrant red, and the liquid was rather viscous. 'Could these be

but he

up the

his hand halted as

as he moved the black cube around a bit. 'Probably

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

'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

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

body that can't become more powerful. He also said that

his head. 'Now's not the time to

head was suddenly droning. It felt like he

now!? Can't

only increased, and Alex fell to his

the God had told him,

Alex thought with frustration and anger. 'You won't even

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

like that, the headache had

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

there was nothing that

first look around for a safe spot. I don't know where I am, and if I start training now,

looked around. '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

have food for about a day in my sack, and I can use my spare clothes for bedding and a blanket. However, I should still find a safe

check from above,' Alex thought as he looked at a tall tree beside

his sack down and went to

he slung the sack over his

smell the jerky in there,'

tree and slung his

support my own weight. This body is quite powerful and still pretty light. I don't want to admit it, but this body is probably

branches, it became

two minutes later, Alex was relatively high up and

thought with gritted teeth.

was on top of a sea of

can somewhat make out

or so. According to his estimations, the

turned his head and noticed that the

anything higher behind the mountains, which probably means that I'm probably not below sea level. I'm probably

got an idea, and a skeptical expression appeared on

some kind of tutorial area or starter location?'

scratched the back of his head

game, but the God sure as hell structured it

at 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 danger, I should go further in. I guess he

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

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

probably a village, and they're living just beyond