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

rope and tried again, and this time,

branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned,

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

was creaking under the combined weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all his work would have been

and breathed heavily as he moved his

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

was

felt his body

thought. 'It might even reach below

as he looked at the corpse

to the other branch, being careful to not

and put parts of his clothes on a higher

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

everything was done, Alex simply

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

looked at the corpse of the wolf that was bleeding onto the

can think about drinking blood

Alex released a

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

his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself as he

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

to sleep,' he thought, closing

as the events of the day shot through his head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went to a new world with a new body, and killed an

the first time, the reality that he would

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

passed as Alex's

later, no light of

it wasn't as dark

Why?

to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't

dark forest,

moved in an ominous dance in accordance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

another sound joined

Alex, sitting up on

not tired,' he thought. 'So much stuff has happened that my mind just

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.

the God rang through

narrowed his

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

Alex closed his eyes as he

feel the Mana in the air, and there

sat on the branch with closed eyes, he

something in the

able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling leaves were the only things

than that, there was

some kind of trance as he felt his

he

a while, his skin started tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs

was something else in

to describe, but there was

anything like this, which made this force that

the force, he felt it slowly enter his