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!

Alex didn't want to give up on the corpse. Food was

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

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

drop the corpse, he managed to grab it with his arms and

Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all his work

different branch and breathed heavily as

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

was worth it,' Alex

he felt his body

he thought. 'It might even reach below freezing later in

his eyes as he looked at the corpse and the makeshift

other branch,

parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making

of the clothes to the side for now. He would make them into

Alex simply sat

solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until

of the

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

released a

should start

of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he thought, closing

through his head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went to a new world with a new body,

he would never see his

with

passed as Alex's thoughts

light of the sun reached

it wasn't as dark

Why?

to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't

moon illuminated the dark forest, creating foreboding

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

Drip. Drip. Drip.

only sounds besides the rustling of the leaves and the whistle of the wind were the drops

sound joined

on the branch

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

body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God rang

narrowed

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

his eyes as he

the air, and there also has to

with closed

there something in

be able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

and rustling leaves were the only things that could be heard in the

than that, there was

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

like he

skin started tickling as Alex felt some of his

something else in

but there

have anything like this, which made this force that much

connected with the force, he felt it slowly enter