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!

give up on

and this time, no knots

lifted to a good height, Alex climbed up the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't have to pull much since the corpse

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

and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all his work would have been for

branch and breathed heavily as

shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However, such an injury would

was worth it,' Alex

he felt his body

'It might even reach below freezing

he looked at

other branch, being careful to not break

released the knots and put parts of his clothes

the other half of the clothes to the side for now. He

done, Alex simply sat on his

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

corpse of the wolf that was bleeding onto the

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

Alex released a

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

grabbed the remainder of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself as he lay down on

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

to sleep,' he

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

the reality that he

Alex thought with pain. 'Do you think I'm

as Alex's

hour later, no light of the sun reached this place

as dark

Why?

The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet, but

the dark forest, creating

an ominous

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling of the leaves and the whistle of

another sound

Alex, sitting up on

has happened that my mind

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God rang

narrowed

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

Alex closed his eyes as he sat on

the Mana in the air, and

branch with closed eyes,

there something in

there was, Alex should be able to feel it

Drip. Drip. Drip.

whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only

than that, there

in some kind of trance as he

he was

started tickling as Alex felt some of

there was something else

but there

this, which

Alex connected with the force, he felt it slowly enter his