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

again, and this

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 was already pretty

he managed to grab it with his arms and

creaking under the combined weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided to

and breathed heavily

his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making

was worth

relaxed, he felt his body starting

cold,' he thought. 'It might even reach below freezing later in the

narrowed his eyes as he looked at the

branch, being careful to not

knots and put parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making

side for now. He would make them into

everything was done, Alex simply sat on his branch,

solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until the weather becomes even colder, which it

looked at the corpse of the wolf that was

desperate yet. I can think about drinking blood when I'm about

released a

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

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

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he thought, closing

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

that he would never see his family again

Alex thought with pain. 'Do you think I'm in

as Alex's

light of the sun reached this

wasn't as

Why?

the moon was close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely

moon illuminated the dark forest, creating foreboding

ominous dance

Drip. Drip. Drip.

and the whistle of the

another sound joined

sitting up on

stuff has happened that my mind just can't calm

his makeshift mattress while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a silver

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

conversation with the God rang

he narrowed his

heal my injuries. I can't train my body

his eyes as he sat

some way to feel the Mana in the air, and

on the branch with closed eyes,

something in

Alex should be able to feel it

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

there was

sounds slowly put Alex in some kind of trance as he felt

he was

a while, his skin started tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs stand

was something else in the

was hard to describe, but there was something new in the

didn't have anything like this, which made this force

with the force, he felt