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

tried again, and this time, no knots

the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't

he had to drop the corpse, he managed to grab it with

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

sat down at a different branch and

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

was worth it,'

he felt

he thought. 'It might even reach below

as he looked

branch, being

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

other half of the clothes to the side for now. He

everything was done, Alex simply sat on his

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

of the wolf that was bleeding

think about drinking blood

released a

the day,' he thought. 'I should start

and wrapped them around himself as he lay

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he thought,

day, he had died, met a God, went

he would never see his family

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

passed as Alex's

no light of the sun

wasn't as dark as one

Why?

a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet, but

moon illuminated the dark

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

Drip. Drip. Drip.

of the wind were the drops of blood

sound

on the branch with

happened that my mind just can't calm down.

sat on his makeshift mattress while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God

he narrowed

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

as he

the air, and there also has to

sat on the branch with closed eyes,

there something in

able to feel

Drip. Drip. Drip.

blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only things that

that, there was no

slowly put Alex in some kind

he was touching something

tickling as Alex felt some of his

there was something

was hard to describe, but there was something

didn't have anything like this, which made this

the force, he