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!

didn't want to give up on the corpse. Food was a

tried again, and this time, no knots loosened.

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 was

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

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

a different branch and breathed heavily as he

nearly shorn off, making them bleed a

hope this was worth it,' Alex

Alex relaxed, he felt his

'It might even reach below freezing later

as he looked at the corpse

the other branch, being careful to

parts of his clothes on a higher

the clothes to the side for now. He would

Alex simply

been solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until

looked at the corpse of the wolf that

not so desperate yet. I can think about drinking blood when

released a

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

grabbed the remainder of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself as he lay down

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he thought, closing

head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went to

first time, the reality that he would never see

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

as Alex's thoughts

light of the sun reached this

as dark

Why?

was close to becoming a full moon. The

dark

cold wind blew, these shadows moved in an ominous dance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the whistle of the wind were

sound joined

was Alex, sitting up on the

he thought. 'So much stuff has happened that my mind just can't calm

the ground. The grass had a silver sheen to it as

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God rang through Alex's

narrowed

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

his eyes as he

the air,

sat on the branch with closed eyes,

something

be able to feel

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling leaves were the only things that could

that, there

Alex in some kind of trance as

he was

as

was something

hard to describe, but there was something new in

have anything like this, which made

force, he felt it slowly