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 on the corpse. Food was a

this

up the remaining part.

thought that he had to drop the corpse, he managed to grab it with

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

different branch and breathed heavily as he moved

of the skin on his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making

hope this was

relaxed, he felt

he thought. 'It might even reach below freezing later

his eyes as he looked at the corpse and

branch, being careful

put parts of his

the side for now. He would make them

everything was done, Alex simply sat

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

the wolf that was bleeding onto the

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

Alex released a

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

and wrapped them around himself as he

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

to sleep,' he thought, closing his

events of the day shot through his head. In just a single day, he

that he would never

death, mom, dad?' Alex thought with pain. 'Do you think I'm in some kind

passed as

light of the sun reached this

it wasn't as dark

Why?

close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there

moon illuminated the dark forest,

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

sound joined

sitting up on the branch with

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

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God rang through Alex's

narrowed

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

Alex closed his eyes as he sat on the

Mana in the air,

sat on the branch with closed eyes, he

there something in the

able to feel

Drip. Drip. Drip.

dripping blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only

there

some kind of trance as he felt

he was

his skin started tickling as

there was something

but there was something new in

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

force, he felt it slowly enter