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!

Alex didn't want to give up

the rope and tried again, and this time, no knots loosened. Alex

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

drop the corpse, he managed

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

a different branch and breathed heavily as he moved

skin on his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However, such an injury

this was worth it,'

Alex relaxed, he felt his body starting to

thought. 'It might even reach below freezing later

his eyes as he looked at the corpse and the

to the other branch, being careful to

parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making a

of the clothes to the side for now. He would

simply

be solved until the weather becomes even colder, which it surely will. What about

the wolf that was bleeding onto the

body shivered. 'I'm not so desperate yet. I can think about drinking blood when I'm about to

Alex released

thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now, I only need to

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

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he

single day, he had died, met a God, went to

reality that he would never see his family again

thought with pain. 'Do you think

as

hour later, no light of the

wasn't as

Why?

to becoming a full moon. The

dark forest, creating

these shadows moved in an ominous dance in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

of the leaves and the whistle of

sound joined

was Alex, sitting up on the

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

looking at the ground. The grass had a

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God rang

he narrowed

I can't train my body right

Alex closed his eyes as he sat on

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

on the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated on the

something in the

should be able to feel

Drip. Drip. Drip.

of dripping blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves

there was

some kind

like he was touching

tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs stand

something else in the

describe, but there was something new in the

didn't have anything like this, which made

the force, he felt it