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

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

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

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

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

down at a different branch and breathed heavily as he moved his cramped

had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However, such

this was

felt

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

looked at

he climbed to the other branch, being careful

released the knots and put parts of his clothes

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

was done, Alex simply sat on

now. The issue of warmth should be solved until

corpse of the wolf

can think about drinking blood when I'm about to

Alex released a

'I should start my expedition tomorrow.

clothes and wrapped them around himself as he lay down on the

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

to sleep,' he thought, closing

shot through his head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went to a new

that he

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

as Alex's

hour later, no light of the sun reached this

as dark as one

Why?

moon was close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet, but it

illuminated the dark forest, creating

ominous dance in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

sounds besides the rustling of the leaves and the whistle of the wind were the drops of

sound

on the

much stuff has happened that my mind just can't calm down.

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God rang

narrowed

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

Alex closed his eyes as he sat on

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

with closed eyes, he concentrated on

there something

be able to feel

Drip. Drip. Drip.

sounds of dripping blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves

than that, there was no

rhythmic sounds slowly put Alex in some kind of trance

he

tickling as Alex felt some of

something else

there was something new in the

like this, which made

connected with the force, he felt it slowly