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.

other was the

the bag and looked inside. These were probably some basic

as he looked

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

he

inventory, Alex picked up the

as

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

out of shape, but I still had quite some muscle.

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.

soul, which means that something in my body is different from a normal human body. The inability to

the God wouldn't send me into a body that can't become more powerful. He also said that most of my

his head. 'Now's not the time to think about these things,

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

going on now!? Can't

headache only increased, and Alex fell to his knees as

the God had told him, and Alex

thought with frustration and anger. 'You won't even allow me

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

just like that,

expression. 'Fuck,

there was nothing that Alex

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

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

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

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

put his sack down and went to the tree, but he quickly

the sack over his

jerky in there,'

went to the tree and

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

bit difficult, but after Alex reached the height of the branches, it became far easier. The needles of the pine tree were a bit annoying, but

later, Alex was relatively high

with gritted teeth.

was on top of

least I can somewhat make out the

mountains on the horizon, probably 20 kilometers away or so. According to his estimations, the mountains were probably about a kilometer tall

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 just surrounded by mountains. Quite an interesting

and a skeptical

be some kind of tutorial area or

scratched the back of his head awkwardly when he had that

a game, but the God sure as hell structured it like one.

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

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

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

village, and they're living just beyond that