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!

to give up on the corpse.

this time, no

up the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he

corpse, he managed to grab it with his arms and finished the

decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all his work would

Alex sat down at a different branch and

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

this was worth

Alex relaxed, he felt

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

narrowed his eyes as he looked at the corpse and the

climbed to the other branch,

put parts of his

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

simply sat

should be solved

at the corpse of the

desperate yet. I can think about

released

he thought. 'I should start my

his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself as he

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

he thought, closing his

passed as the 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

time, the reality that he would never see his family

mom, dad?' Alex thought with pain.

passed as Alex's

of the sun reached this place

wasn't as dark as

Why?

to becoming a full moon. The

dark forest, creating foreboding

cold wind blew, these shadows moved in an ominous dance in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

leaves and the whistle of the

another sound joined

on the

that my mind

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

conversation with the God rang

narrowed his

that absorbing the Mana in the air can strengthen me and heal my injuries. I can't train my body right now,

his eyes as he

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

Alex sat on the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated

there something in the

should be able to feel it

Drip. Drip. Drip.

whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only things that could be heard

that, there was

some kind of

felt like he

his skin started tickling as Alex felt some

there was something else

hard to describe, but there was something

have anything like this, which made

Alex connected with the force, he felt