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

and this time, no knots loosened.

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

he thought that he had to drop the corpse, he managed

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

a different branch and breathed heavily as he moved

been nearly shorn off, making them bleed

this was worth it,'

felt his body starting

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

narrowed his eyes as he looked at the corpse and

other branch, being

knots and put parts of his clothes on a higher branch,

put the other half of the clothes to the side for now. He would make them into a blanket

done, Alex simply sat on

food has been solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until the weather becomes even

the wolf that

yet. I can think

Alex released

should start my expedition tomorrow.

clothes and wrapped them around

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he

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

reality that he would never see his

thought with pain. 'Do you

passed as Alex's

no light of the

wasn't as dark as one

Why?

the moon was close to becoming a full moon. The

the dark forest,

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

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

sound

was Alex, sitting up on the

thought. 'So much stuff has happened that my mind

in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a silver sheen to it as

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

conversation with the God rang

narrowed his

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

as

the air, and there

branch with closed eyes, he concentrated

something

was, Alex should be able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

that, there was no

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

felt like he was

skin started tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs

was something else in the

was hard to describe, but there was something new

this, which made this force that much more

connected with the force, he