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!

up on the

and this time,

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

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

branch was creaking under the combined weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If

and breathed heavily as he moved

of the skin on his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However,

hope this was worth it,' Alex

felt his body starting

'It might even reach below freezing later

eyes as he looked at the corpse and the makeshift

branch, being careful

the rope, Alex released the knots and put parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making a

side for now. He would make

everything was done, Alex simply

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

the corpse of the wolf that was bleeding onto the

yet. I can think about drinking blood when I'm

released

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

and wrapped them around himself as he lay down on the

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he thought,

events of 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 body, and killed

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

thought with pain.

passed as Alex's

light of the sun

wasn't as

Why?

was close to becoming a full moon. The moon

the dark forest,

in an ominous dance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the whistle of the wind were the drops of blood

sound

up on the branch

thought. 'So much stuff has happened that my mind just

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

conversation with the God rang through

narrowed

heal my injuries. I can't train

his eyes as he sat on the

the air,

sat on the branch with closed

there something in

there was, Alex should be able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

and rustling leaves were the only things that could be heard in

that, there was no

in some kind of trance as he felt his

felt like he was touching

tickling as Alex felt some of his

something

was hard to describe, but there was something new

like this, which made this force that much more

connected with the force, he felt