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

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

remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't have to pull much since the corpse was already pretty

to drop the corpse, he managed to grab it with

and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all

a different branch and breathed heavily as he moved his cramped

his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However, such an injury would heal very

this was worth it,' Alex

felt

even

as he looked at the corpse

branch,

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

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

done, Alex simply sat on his

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

of the wolf

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

Alex released a

he thought. 'I should start my expedition

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

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he

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

the reality that he would

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

passed as Alex's thoughts

hour later, no light of the sun reached this place

wasn't as dark as

Why?

The moon cycle wasn't completely there

the dark forest,

wind blew, these shadows moved in an ominous dance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling of the leaves and the whistle of the wind

another sound

was Alex, sitting up on

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

was wrapped in clothing, looking at the

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

conversation with the God rang through Alex's

narrowed his

heal my injuries. I can't train my body right now, but I should be able to

closed his eyes as he

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

with closed eyes, he concentrated

something

Alex should be able to feel

Drip. Drip. Drip.

and rustling leaves were

that, there was

Alex in some kind of trance as he felt

like he was touching

started tickling as Alex felt

something else in

describe, but there was something

like this, which made

force, he felt it slowly