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

this time,

a good height, Alex climbed up the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't

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

and Alex decided to quickly switch

down at a different branch and

been nearly shorn off, making

this was worth it,' Alex

felt

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

as he looked at

branch, being

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

of the clothes to the side

Alex simply sat on

now. The issue of warmth should be solved until the weather becomes even

corpse of the wolf that was bleeding onto

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

Alex released a

enough for the day,' he thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now, I only need

and wrapped

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

he

In just a single day, he had died, met a God,

first time, the reality that he would never see his family again hit

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

passed as Alex's

later, no light of the sun reached this place

it wasn't as dark as one

Why?

The moon cycle wasn't

dark forest, creating

in an ominous

Drip. Drip. Drip.

of the leaves and the whistle of the

sound joined

Alex, sitting up on

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

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.

with the God rang through Alex's

narrowed

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

Alex closed his eyes as he sat on the

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

with closed eyes, he concentrated

there something in

be able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

dripping blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only things that could be

there

rhythmic sounds slowly put Alex in some kind

he

as Alex felt some of his

something else in

there was something

have anything like this, which made this force that much more

with the force, he felt it slowly enter his