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!

didn't want to give up on the corpse.

tried again, and this time, no knots loosened. Alex made sure

corpse was 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 was

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

and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches.

and breathed heavily as he moved

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

this was

he felt his body starting

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

as he looked at the corpse and the

the other branch, being careful to

the knots and put parts of his clothes on a higher

the clothes to the side for now. He would make them

was done, Alex simply sat on his branch,

should be solved until the

looked at the corpse of the wolf that

desperate yet. I can think about drinking

released

he thought. 'I should start my expedition

the remainder of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

to sleep,' he

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

reality that he

already heard of my death, mom, dad?' Alex thought with pain. 'Do you think I'm in some kind of paradise

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 completely there yet, but

moon illuminated the dark forest, creating

an ominous dance in accordance with the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the rustling of the leaves and the whistle of the

another sound

sitting up on

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

was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God rang through Alex's

he narrowed

and heal my injuries. I can't train my

eyes as he sat

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

the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated on

there something

should be able

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling leaves

that, there was

in some kind of

felt like he

skin started tickling as

was something else

was hard to describe, but there was something new in

have anything like this, which

with the force, he felt it slowly enter