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 on the corpse. Food

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

a good height, Alex climbed up the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt

managed to grab it with

combined weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all his work would

down at a different branch and breathed

been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit.

hope this was worth it,' Alex

Alex relaxed, he felt his body

even reach below freezing later in

he looked

to the other branch, being

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

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

was done, Alex simply

issue of food has been solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until the weather becomes even

corpse of the wolf that was bleeding onto the

can think about drinking blood when I'm about to

released

for the day,' he thought. 'I should

the remainder of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he thought,

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

that he

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

as Alex's

later, no light of the

as dark as one

Why?

was close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet,

moon illuminated the dark forest,

moved in an ominous dance in accordance with the cold

Drip. Drip. Drip.

only sounds besides the rustling of the leaves and the whistle of the wind were the drops of blood from the corpse hitting the

sound joined

on

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

sat on his makeshift mattress while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a silver sheen to it as it was

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God

narrowed his

I can't train my body right now, but I should be able to do that,

eyes as he sat on

in the air, and there also has

on the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated

something

Alex should be able to feel it in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

that, there was

some kind of trance as he felt his

like he was

as

something

describe, but there was something new in the

this, which

force, he felt