Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex glanced at the horizon and noted that the sun was barely visible.

'It's already sundown. I'm not sure what manner of creatures travel around at night in this forest, but I don't want to be on the ground while night's out.'

Alex grabbed the wolf's corpse and lifted it. It was really heavy, but he barely managed to lift it up to his chest. However, it was very exhausting.

Then, Alex looked at the branches above him.

The lowest branch that could support the weight of the wolf was a full meter above him.

'I might be able to lift the corpse over my head, but I sure as hell can't throw it up there. Jumping is also out of the question. It's simply too heavy.'

'I need an alternative,' Alex thought as he put the corpse down again.

Alex paced around as he tried to think of a solution. The forest darkened more as time passed, and Alex became more nervous.

By now, the birds had become silent, making the forest appear deathly silent.

Even the constant buzzing of the insects became quieter until it eventually stopped.

Right now, the only noise in the forest was Alex's footsteps.

Then, Alex looked up at the bag in his tree.

'I have to try it! I can't waste this corpse!'

Alex quickly climbed up the tree and got his bag.

After opening it, Alex took out all his spare clothes and tied them together. Luckily, he had enough clothes to make quite a long line.

'If old-timey prisoners can use something like this to escape from prisons, I can use it to pull up a corpse!'

Alex tied his makeshift rope to the chest of the wolf.

Then, Alex climbed up to the first branch of the tree and let himself fall down at the other side, holding the rope.

CRRRR!

The rope became taught, and Alex feared that it might snap.

CRRR!

The wolf corpse slightly moved upward but stopped.

'I'm not heavy enough.'

Alex climbed up the rope, happy that his body was fit enough to do something like that.

Then, Alex tugged the rope under his arm and put his feet on the branch.

After that, Alex pushed himself off the branch.

CRRRR! THUNK!

The corpse moved upwards, but one of the knots loosened.

The wolf hit the ground, and Alex also fell down.

Luckily, he managed to protect his head with his arms. He only received a couple of bruises.

The falling corpse echoed throughout the forest, making Alex even more nervous.

With the current silence of the forest, that sound should have traveled for over a hundred meters!

want to give up on the corpse. Food was

again, and this time, no knots

and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned,

he thought that he had to drop the corpse, he managed to grab it

weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that

sat down at a different branch and breathed

had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However, such an injury would heal very

was worth

Alex relaxed, he felt his body

even

as he looked at the corpse and

to the other branch, being careful

put parts of

the other half of the clothes to the side for now. He would

was done, Alex simply

should be solved until the weather becomes even

looked at the corpse of the wolf that was bleeding onto

body shivered. 'I'm not so desperate yet. I can think about drinking blood when I'm about to die

Alex released

be enough for the day,' he thought. 'I should start

now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself as he lay down

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

to sleep,' he thought, closing his

In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went to a new world

he would never see his

of my death, mom, dad?' Alex thought with pain. 'Do you think I'm in some kind

passed as Alex's thoughts

no light of the sun reached this place

as dark as

Why?

a full moon. The moon

moon illuminated the dark

blew, these shadows moved in an ominous dance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

of the wind

sound

was Alex, sitting up on the

happened that my mind just can't calm down. I need to do something to

wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a silver

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God rang through Alex's

narrowed his

heal my injuries. I can't train my body right now, but I should be able to do that, at

his eyes as he

the Mana in the air, and there

on the branch with closed eyes,

something in the

Alex should be able to

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were

than that, there was no

sounds slowly put Alex in some kind of trance as he felt his mind

like he was touching something

his skin started tickling as Alex felt some

was something else in the

there was something

which made this force that much more

the force, he felt it slowly enter his