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 was

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

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

thought that he had to drop the corpse, he managed to grab it with his arms and finished the last

Alex decided to

sat down at a different branch and breathed heavily as

the skin on his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However, such

hope this was worth it,'

relaxed, he felt

'It might even reach below freezing

narrowed his eyes as he looked at

other branch, being

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

the clothes to the side for now. He would

was done, Alex simply sat on his

warmth should be solved until the weather

the wolf that

'I'm not so desperate yet. I can think

Alex released a

the day,' he thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now, I only need

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

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

to sleep,' he thought, closing his

he had died, met a God, went to a new world with a new

he would never see his family again hit

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

as Alex's thoughts

hour later, no light of the sun

wasn't as dark as

Why?

moon was close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely

moon illuminated the dark forest,

wind blew, these shadows moved in an ominous

Drip. Drip. Drip.

and the whistle of the wind

another sound joined

up on the branch with

mind just can't calm down.

his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a silver sheen to it

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the God rang through

narrowed his

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

Alex closed his eyes as he sat

some way to feel the Mana in the air,

with closed

something

be able to

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling leaves were the only things that could be heard in

than that, there was

put Alex in some kind of trance as he felt his

felt like he was touching something

skin started tickling as Alex felt

there was something else in the

hard to describe, but there was

like this, which made

the force, he felt it slowly