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

looked inside. These were probably some

a survival knife, shoes, and some meat jerky,' Alex thought as he looked at the sack. 'Basically, the bare necessities to

red flasks and 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

he

checking his inventory, Alex picked up the

as he realized something

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

body was out of shape, but I still had quite some

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.

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

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

the time to think

droning. It felt like he

going on now!? Can't you give

headache only increased, and Alex fell to his knees as he breathed

going through everything that the God had told

Alex thought with frustration and anger. 'You won't even allow me to think of my true

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

just like that,

is like this,' Alex thought with a bitter expression. 'Fuck, this is so annoying! Can't even

that Alex

I don't know where I am, and if I start training now, unwelcome visitors

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

in my sack, and I can use my spare clothes for bedding and a blanket. However, I should still

looked at a tall tree

down and went to

the sack

the jerky in there,'

to the tree and

light. I don't want to admit it, but this body is probably even better suited for survival and combat

of the branches, it became far easier.

was relatively high up and could

Alex thought with

top of a sea

least I can somewhat make out the

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

head and noticed that the mountains were

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

a skeptical expression

kind of tutorial area or

back of his head awkwardly when he had that

God sure as hell structured it like one. Alex

least this makes things easier,' Alex thought. 'He told me that I should try surviving in the wilderness, and when I

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

coming from behind one of the mountains! It was hard

a village, and they're