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!

give up on the corpse. Food

and tried again, and this time, no knots loosened. Alex

height, Alex climbed up the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't have

the corpse, he managed to

was creaking under the combined weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all his work

at a different branch and breathed heavily

of the skin on his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them

was

Alex relaxed, he felt his body

cold,' he thought. 'It might even reach below freezing

he looked at the corpse and the

he climbed to the other branch, being careful to not

getting the rope, Alex released the knots and put parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making a makeshift

side for now.

was done, Alex simply sat

solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved

of the wolf that

can think about

Alex released

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

clothes and wrapped them around himself as he lay down on

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he thought, closing his

single day, he had died, met a God, went to a new world with a new body, and killed an

reality that he would never see his family

thought with pain. 'Do you think I'm

as Alex's

of the sun

as dark as one

Why?

moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet, but it was

the dark forest, creating foreboding

blew, these shadows moved in an ominous dance in accordance with the cold whistle

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the rustling of the leaves and the whistle of the wind were the drops of blood from the

another sound

was Alex, sitting up on the branch with

happened that my mind just can't calm

in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

conversation with the God rang through

he narrowed

absorbing the Mana in the air can strengthen me and heal my injuries. I can't train my body

his eyes as he sat on the

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

branch with

there something

Alex should be able to feel it in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only things that could be heard

than that, there was no

sounds slowly put Alex in some kind of trance as

he was touching something

tickling as Alex

there was something else in

there was

which

with the force, he felt it slowly