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!

to give up

this time, no knots loosened.

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

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

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

sat down at a different branch and breathed heavily as he

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

was worth it,' Alex

felt his body starting to

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

he looked at the

other branch,

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

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

everything was done, Alex simply sat on

warmth should be solved until

the

desperate yet. I can think about drinking blood when I'm about to

released

be enough for the day,' he thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow.

and wrapped them around himself as he lay down on

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he

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

time, the reality that he would never see his family

already heard of my death, mom, dad?' Alex thought with pain. 'Do you think I'm in some kind of paradise

passed as Alex's

no light of the

wasn't as dark

Why?

The moon cycle

moon illuminated the dark forest, creating

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

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

another sound

up on

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

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

conversation with the God rang through

narrowed

air can strengthen me and heal my injuries. I can't train

as he sat on the

Mana in the air, and there also has

sat on the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated on

there something

able to feel it in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

there was no

rhythmic sounds slowly put Alex in some kind of trance as

he was

skin started tickling as Alex felt some of

something else in

was hard to describe, but there was something new

anything like this, which made this

the force, he felt it slowly enter his