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.

bulging sack, and the other was the black

bag and looked inside. These were probably some basic things that the God had prepared for

knife, shoes, and some meat jerky,' Alex thought as he looked at the sack. 'Basically, the

color of the liquid in the flask was a vibrant red, and the liquid was rather viscous. 'Could these be health potions? I

but he assumed that he was

Alex picked up the

as he

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

tried to find the reason. 'My old body was out of shape, but I still had quite some muscle. Yet, this untrained

in the air? The guy said that most people call it Mana, so I should probably also get used to calling it

can't push Mana into my soul, which means that something in my body is different from a normal human body. The inability to do something that everyone else can do basically means

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

'Now's not the time to think about

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

on now!? Can't

and Alex fell to his knees as

that the God had

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

No answer.

'Fine, fine. I'm Shang!'

just like that,

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

nothing that Alex or Shang

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

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

sack, and I can use my spare clothes for bedding

thought as he looked at a tall tree beside him. 'With this body, I should be

his sack down and went to the tree, but he

the sack

might smell the jerky in there,'

to the tree and slung his

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

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

Alex was relatively

Alex thought with gritted teeth.

on top of a sea

least I can

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

noticed that the

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

got an idea, and a skeptical expression

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

the back of his head

a game, but the God sure as hell structured it like one. Alex even got three

told me that I should try surviving in the wilderness, and when I no longer feel any

Then, Alex noticed something.

'Smoke!'

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

probably a village, and they're living just