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.

and this time, no knots loosened. Alex made

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 to

the combined weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided

different branch and breathed heavily as he

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

this was

felt his body starting

might even reach below freezing later

narrowed his eyes as he looked at the corpse and the makeshift

other branch, being careful

knots and put parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making a

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

Alex simply sat on his branch,

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

at the corpse of the wolf that was bleeding

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

Alex released a

'I should start my

remainder of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself as

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

he thought, closing

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

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

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

as Alex's

of

it wasn't as dark as

Why?

the moon was close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle

moon illuminated the dark forest, creating

ominous dance in accordance with the cold whistle of

Drip. Drip. Drip.

of the wind were the

sound

was Alex, sitting up on the branch with

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

while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God rang through

narrowed

injuries. I can't train my body right now, but I

closed his eyes as he sat

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

Alex sat on the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated

something

able to feel it in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

that, there was no

sounds slowly put Alex in some kind

he

a while, his skin started tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs

there was something

was hard to describe, but there was something

like this, which made this force that much

he felt it