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!

give up

tried again, and this time, no knots loosened.

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

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

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

a different branch and breathed heavily as he

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

was worth it,'

felt his body

might even reach

his eyes as he looked at the corpse and the

climbed to the other branch, being careful

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

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

Alex simply

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

the

not so desperate yet. I can think

released a

'I should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now, I

wrapped them around himself as he lay down

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he thought, closing his

events of the day shot through his head. In just a single day, he

first time, the reality that he would never see his

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

as Alex's thoughts

no light of

as dark as

Why?

becoming a full moon. The moon cycle

dark

ominous dance in accordance with the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling of the leaves and the whistle of

another sound joined

Alex, sitting up on the branch with

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

on his makeshift mattress while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground.

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the God

he narrowed his

the air can strengthen me and heal my injuries. I can't train my body right now, but I

as he sat on

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

Alex sat on the branch with closed eyes,

something

was, Alex should be able

Drip. Drip. Drip.

of dripping blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only

there was no

in some kind of

he

while, his skin started tickling as Alex felt

was something else in the

to describe, but there was

didn't have anything like this, which made this force that much more

the force, he felt