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

this time, no

lifted to 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

drop the corpse, he managed to grab it with his

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

branch and

nearly shorn off, making them bleed a

this was worth it,' Alex

relaxed, he felt

thought. 'It might even reach below freezing

eyes as he looked at the corpse and the

other branch, being careful to not

knots and put parts of his

clothes to the side for now. He would make

done, Alex simply sat on his branch,

The issue of warmth should be solved until

corpse of the

body shivered. 'I'm not so desperate yet. I can think about drinking blood

Alex released a

enough for the day,' he thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow.

wrapped them around himself as he

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he thought, closing

day shot through his head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went to a new world with a new body, and

he would never see his

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

passed as Alex's thoughts

no light of the

as dark as one

Why?

becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet, but

moon illuminated the dark forest, creating

ominous dance in accordance with the cold whistle

Drip. Drip. Drip.

whistle of the wind were the drops of

another sound

sitting up on the branch with furrowed

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

was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a silver

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God rang through Alex's

narrowed his

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

closed his eyes as he sat

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

the branch with closed eyes, he

something in

there was, Alex should be able

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

that, there was

slowly put Alex in some kind of trance as he

like he was touching something

started tickling as Alex felt some of his

was something else

describe, but there was something new in

didn't have anything like this, which made this

connected with the force, he felt it slowly enter his