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!

didn't want to give up on the

repaired the rope and tried again, and this time, no knots loosened. Alex made

the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't have to pull much since the corpse was already

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

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

down at a different branch and breathed heavily as

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

was worth

he felt his body

he thought. 'It might even

as he looked at the corpse

the other branch, being careful to

put parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making

clothes to the side for now. He would make them

Alex simply

solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until the weather becomes even colder, which it surely

corpse of the

think about drinking blood when I'm about to

released a

thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now, I only

and wrapped them around himself as he lay down on the

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

to sleep,' he thought,

as the events of the day shot through his head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went to a new world with

the reality that he

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

as

later, no light of the sun

wasn't as dark as one

Why?

moon was close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet, but it

dark

in an ominous dance in accordance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

of the leaves and the whistle of the wind were the drops of blood from the corpse hitting

sound

sitting up on the

my mind just can't calm down. I need

while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the God rang through

he narrowed his

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

as he sat on

some way to feel the Mana in the air, and there also has to

sat on the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated on the

something in

should be able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

and rustling leaves were the only things that could

there was

put Alex in some kind

he was touching something

tickling as Alex felt some

there was something else in

was hard to describe, but there was

this, which made this force that

with the force, he felt it slowly enter his