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!

didn't want to give up on the corpse.

this time, no

and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and

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

under the combined weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly

sat down at a different branch and breathed heavily

been nearly shorn off, making them

was worth it,'

Alex relaxed, he felt his body starting

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

eyes as he looked at the corpse and the makeshift

branch, being careful to not break

and put parts of his clothes on

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

was done, Alex simply sat on

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

corpse of the

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

Alex released

he thought. 'I should start my

and wrapped them

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

he

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

the reality that he would never see his

already heard of my death, mom, dad?' Alex thought with pain.

as Alex's

of

as dark as one

Why?

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

illuminated the dark forest, creating foreboding

blew, these shadows moved in an ominous dance in accordance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

another sound

was Alex, sitting up on the

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

the ground. The grass had a silver sheen to

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the God rang through

narrowed

said that absorbing the Mana in the air can strengthen me and heal my injuries. I can't train my body right now, but I should be able to do that,

as he sat

to feel the Mana in the air, and there also has to be a way to

the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated

something

able to feel it in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

wind, and rustling leaves were the only things

than that, there was

slowly put Alex in some kind of trance as he felt

felt like he was touching

started tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs stand

something else

was hard to describe, but there was something new in the

didn't have anything like this, which made this force that much

force, he felt it