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!

want to give up on the corpse. Food was a

rope and tried again, and this

branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't have

the corpse, he managed to

corpse, and Alex decided to quickly

and breathed

of the skin on his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little

was worth

felt

thought. 'It might even reach below freezing later in

narrowed his eyes as he looked at the corpse and the makeshift

climbed to the other branch,

parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making

clothes to the side for now. He would

Alex simply sat

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

looked at the corpse of the

not so desperate yet. I can think about drinking blood when I'm about to die of

Alex released a

he thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now, I

clothes and wrapped them around himself

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

he thought, closing his

head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went

that he would never

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

passed as

light of the

as dark as

Why?

was close to becoming a full moon. The moon

moon illuminated the dark forest,

ominous dance in accordance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

another sound

was Alex, sitting up on

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

mattress while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a silver sheen to it as it was illuminated by the

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God rang through Alex's

he narrowed his

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

as he sat on the

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

branch with closed eyes, he concentrated on

there something

was, Alex should be able to feel it

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling leaves were the only things

than that, there was no

some kind of trance as he felt

he was touching

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

something else

to describe, but there

anything like this, which made

with the force, he felt it