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!

up on the corpse. Food was

again, and this time, no knots loosened. Alex made sure of

the remaining part. His arms hurt

the corpse, he managed to

corpse, and Alex decided to

branch and breathed

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

this was

Alex relaxed, he felt his

'It might even reach below freezing

eyes as he looked at the corpse

the other branch, being careful to not

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

of the clothes to the side

everything was done, Alex simply sat on

issue of warmth should be solved until the weather becomes even colder, which it

the corpse of the wolf that was bleeding

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

Alex released a

day,' he thought. 'I should start my expedition

clothes and wrapped them around himself as

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he

as the events of the day shot through his head. In just a single day, he had died, met a

the first time, the reality that he would never see his family again hit

thought with pain. 'Do you think

as Alex's

hour later, no light of the

as dark

Why?

a full moon. The moon cycle

illuminated the dark

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

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

sound

on the

tired,' he thought. 'So much stuff has happened that my mind just can't calm down. I need to do something to

looking at the ground. The grass had a silver sheen to it as it was illuminated

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

conversation with the God rang through Alex's

narrowed

the air can strengthen me and heal my injuries. I can't train my body right now, but

eyes as he sat on

way to feel the Mana in the air, and there

on the branch with

there something in

be able to

Drip. Drip. Drip.

leaves were the only things

than that, there

kind of trance as

felt like he

a while, his skin started tickling as Alex

was something else in the

was hard to describe, but there was something new in

which made this force that

force, he felt it slowly